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Intellectuals and Race
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books (2013)
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Rating:
****
Tags:
Politics
Intellectuals and Race
is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light.
The views of individual intellectuals have spanned the spectrum, but the views of intellectuals as a whole have tended to cluster. Indeed, these views have clustered at one end of the spectrum in the early twentieth century and then clustered at the opposite end of the spectrum in the late twentieth century. Moreover, these radically different views of race in these two eras were held by intellectuals whose views on other issues were very similar in both eras.
Intellectuals and Race
is not, however, a book about history, even though it has much historical evidence, as well as demographic, geographic, economic and statistical evidence-- all of it directed toward testing the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed at times among intellectuals in general, and especially intellectuals at the highest levels. Nor is this simply a theoretical exercise. The impact of intellectuals' ideas and crusades on the larger society, both past and present, is the ultimate concern. These ideas and crusades have ranged widely from racial theories of intelligence to eugenics to "social justice" and multiculturalism.
In addition to in-depth examinations of these and other issues,
Intellectuals and Race
explores the incentives, the visions and the rationales that drive intellectuals at the highest levels to conclusions that have often turned out to be counterproductive and even disastrous, not only for particular racial or ethnic groups, but for societies as a whole.
Review
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“Sowell brings an all-too-rare perspective to whatever he writes about — that of a conservative black intellectual, especially valuable for this book’s topic.”
About the Author
Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions. He is the author of
Intellectuals and Society, Dismantling America, Economic Facts and Fallacies
, and the classic
Basic Economics
, which has been translated into six languages. Sowell has published in both academic journals and in such popular media as the
Wall Street Journal, Forbes
magazine, and
Fortune
, and he writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country. He lives in Stanford, California.
INTELLECTUALS
AND RACE
THOMAS SOWELL
BASIC BOOKS
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
New York
Copyright © 2013 by Thomas Sowell
Published in 2013 by Basic Books,
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Portions of this text were previously published in the paperback edition of the Author’s work Intellectuals and Society , published in 2012 by Basic Books.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107.
Books published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected] .
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013930756
E-book ISBN: 978-0-465-05870-9
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
INTRODUCTION
I ntellectuals have had a powerful effect on racial and ethnic issues, in countries around the world, for at least the past hundred years— and there is no sign that their influence will not
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books (2013)
----
Rating:
****
Tags:
Politics
Intellectuals and Race
is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light.
The views of individual intellectuals have spanned the spectrum, but the views of intellectuals as a whole have tended to cluster. Indeed, these views have clustered at one end of the spectrum in the early twentieth century and then clustered at the opposite end of the spectrum in the late twentieth century. Moreover, these radically different views of race in these two eras were held by intellectuals whose views on other issues were very similar in both eras.
Intellectuals and Race
is not, however, a book about history, even though it has much historical evidence, as well as demographic, geographic, economic and statistical evidence-- all of it directed toward testing the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed at times among intellectuals in general, and especially intellectuals at the highest levels. Nor is this simply a theoretical exercise. The impact of intellectuals' ideas and crusades on the larger society, both past and present, is the ultimate concern. These ideas and crusades have ranged widely from racial theories of intelligence to eugenics to "social justice" and multiculturalism.
In addition to in-depth examinations of these and other issues,
Intellectuals and Race
explores the incentives, the visions and the rationales that drive intellectuals at the highest levels to conclusions that have often turned out to be counterproductive and even disastrous, not only for particular racial or ethnic groups, but for societies as a whole.
Review
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“Sowell brings an all-too-rare perspective to whatever he writes about — that of a conservative black intellectual, especially valuable for this book’s topic.”
About the Author
Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions. He is the author of
Intellectuals and Society, Dismantling America, Economic Facts and Fallacies
, and the classic
Basic Economics
, which has been translated into six languages. Sowell has published in both academic journals and in such popular media as the
Wall Street Journal, Forbes
magazine, and
Fortune
, and he writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country. He lives in Stanford, California.
INTELLECTUALS
AND RACE
THOMAS SOWELL
BASIC BOOKS
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
New York
Copyright © 2013 by Thomas Sowell
Published in 2013 by Basic Books,
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Portions of this text were previously published in the paperback edition of the Author’s work Intellectuals and Society , published in 2012 by Basic Books.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107.
Books published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected] .
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013930756
E-book ISBN: 978-0-465-05870-9
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
INTRODUCTION
I ntellectuals have had a powerful effect on racial and ethnic issues, in countries around the world, for at least the past hundred years— and there is no sign that their influence will not
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