
Intellectuals and Race
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Narrated by:
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Robertson Dean
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By:
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Thomas Sowell
About this listen
Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense - 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.
Intellectuals have played a major role in racial issues throughout the centuries. Though their individual views may differ, as a whole their views tend to group, and just over the course of the twentieth century, they have shifted from one end of the spectrum to the other. Surprisingly, these radically different views of race were held by intellectuals whose views on other issues were often very similar.
Intellectuals and Race is not, however, a book about history, even though it has much historical evidence, as well as demographic, geographic, and economic evidence - all of it directed toward testing the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed at times among intellectuals in general, and especially at their highest levels.
Nor is this simply a theoretical exercise. Sowell’s ultimate concern is the impact of intellectual movements on the larger society, both past and present. 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.
©2013 Thomas Sowell (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic Reviews
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A baseline of reason
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This is a remarkable book and a must read for anyone interested in the genuine betterment of societies everywhere.
One of the most important books for this century
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The foremost U.S. intellectual
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Should be a mandated school text book
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A must read for the current times
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"social justice" dogma critiqued
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Thoughtful and thought provoking
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While it shouldn't matter but unfortunately it does in 2022, the fact that a black man has come out against the narrative pushed by race intellectuals is refreshing.
What a book!!!!!
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Tom Sowell the Giant
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