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Intellectuals and Society not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of ...
8. Sept. 2010 · Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals and Society. New York: Basic Books, 2009. 398 pp. $29.95. ISBN-10: 046501948X; ISBN-13: 978-0465019489. The respected conservative economist Thomas Sowell writes too gracefully and, well, economically to offer a more precise title for this book, such as Modern Intellectuals and Modern Democratic Regimes.
In seinem neuesten Buch "Intellectuals and Society" nimmt Sowell genau diese intellektuelle Monokultur, die es natürlich auch in den USA gibt, wenn auch nicht ganz so unangefochten wie in Deutschland, aufs Korn und nimmt sie nüchtern und brilliant auseinander. Journalisten, Lehrer, Professoren, Experten, Politiker, Bürokraten, diese selbsternannte intellektuelle und nicht zuletzt moralische ...
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6. März 2012 · In "Intellectuals and Society", Thomas Sowell not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. Ultimately, he shows how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society.
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Hence, the ideas can enjoy equal prominence when they diametrically contradict one another, early 20thc intellectuals attributing minority experiences to genetics and later 20thc intellectuals attributing them to racism (i.e. society and the environment rather than nature). Since their colleagues (in each case) concur, they are free from external criticism. Similarly, when their colleagues ...
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Intellectuals and Society not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of ...
