ISBN:
9780511490835
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.50973
Keywords:
Herrnstein, Richard J. / Bell curve
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Gesellschaft
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Idealism, American
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Intelligence levels / Social aspects
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Equality / United States
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Socialism / United States
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Soziale Klasse
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Rasse
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Sozialstaat
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USA
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USA
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USA
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Rasse
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Soziale Klasse
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Sozialstaat
Abstract:
Professor James R. Flynn is renowned for his belief that the IQ gap between black and white Americans is not genetic, but environmental in origin. Flynn's controversial new book offers an alternative to the vision of American society popularized by Herrnstein and Murray in The Bell Curve and is a must-read for all those wanting to keep up to date with the IQ debate. It traces the history of American idealism from Jefferson to the followers of Leo Strauss; analyses the black marriage market, the case for affirmative action, the folly of Iraq, and the liberal failure of will; and concludes with a powerful defence of humane ideals and human autonomy. With its clear and attractive prose, social scientists, philosophers and the general public will find this a unique and exciting book that will rearm American idealism with new ideas
Description / Table of Contents:
Something beautiful is vanished -- The lost boys -- What Germany did that America has not -- Do we want affirmative action for whites only? -- Saving equality from the dustbin of history -- Jefferson and social democracy -- The America who would be king -- William James and Leo Strauss -- The status of the good life -- Choosing to be free
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511490835
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490835
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