The vision of the anointed : self-congratulation as a basis for social policy
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The vision of the anointed : self-congratulation as a basis for social policy
BasicBooks, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-294) and index
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Description
Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision whose defects have led to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies. In this book, he describes how elitesthe anointedhave replaced facts and rational thinking with rhetorical assertions, thereby altering the course of our social policy.
Table of Contents
Flattering Unction The Pattern By the Numbers The Irrelevance of Evidence The Anointed Versus the Benighted Crusades of the Anointed The Vocabulary of the Anointed Courting Disaster Optional Reality
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