The Madness of Crowds
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"The interpretation of the world through the lens of 'social justice', 'identity group politics' and 'intersectionalism' is probably the most audacious and comprehensive effort since the end of the Cold war at creating a new ideology." --The Madness of Crowds (2019) by Douglas Murray, p.2 "So Thiel is no longer gay once he endorses Trump. And Kanye West is no longer black when he does the same thing. This suggests that 'black' isn't a skin colour, or a race – or at least not those things alone. It suggests that 'black' – like gay ..." "Then just as the train appeared to be reaching its desired destination it suddenly picked up steam and went crashing off down the tracks and into the distance."--The Madness of Crowds (2019) by Douglas Murray, p.? |
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The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019) is a book by Douglas Murray.
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Thesis
The book examines the 21st century's most divisive issues: sexual orientation, feminism, race and transsexuality. It reveals the new culture wars playing out in workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality.
The book points to what Murray sees as a cultural shift, away from established modes of religion and political ideology, and towards a society in which various forms of victimhood can provide markers of social status. The book is divided into sections dealing with different forms of identity politics, including types of LGBT identity, feminism, and racial politics. The author criticises the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault for what he sees as a reduction of society to a system of power relations.
Blurb
The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.
In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality.
We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal--and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.
Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.
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Machine Learning Fairness and the ethics of artificial intelligence Unconscious bias training First impression From hardwire to software, rewiring Maternity leave IAT Faludi and Marilyn French “Men are trash”, “kill all men” by Sarah Jeong and Ezra Klein SCUM Male suicide, mansplaining, toxic masculinity “Nobody seems to know” TERFs misgendered Deadname: A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name. ML Fairness De vragen die ‘Wit is ook een kleur’ niet stelt Barbara Applebaum W. E. B. Du Bois; 1903 over de color line Racism Without Racists Bret Weinstein, George Bridges Erika Christakis The War on Cops The past is a foreign country Shakespeare is for white people, dat is de consequentie Stealing “Mexican culture” Shriver on cultural appropriation, Lovia Gyarkye Kanye, Trump, Candace Owens, Coates Intellectuals and Society Clarence Thomas, Dolezal, Benedict Cumberbatch Catastrophism Coates vs Baldwin Eddo-Lodge, gammon Equality of outcome Harvard Asian scandal David Reich of Harvard, geneticist, race Kipling/Angelou Toby Young , How to Lose Friends … “blind spot of our age” Nathan Verhelst Middlesex (novel) “Masculine women! Feminine men!” (1926) Conundrum, 1974 Lupron Tuvel Child penalty Motherhood and feminism Wendell Berry Lawrence H. Keeley War Before Civilization White Fragility “private and public language”, barrier collapsed Galileo's Middle Finger by Dreger The Man Who Would Be Queen Julie Bindel, Suzanne Moore, Julie Burchill 1999, Greer, Pantomime Dames The Whole Woman I Am Jazz Jan Morris Karen White Alexis de Tocqueville on face to face Are Jews White? Cuttlefish Rousseau on Emile Power of women … CEO die liever een mooi meisje op zijn board of directors heeft. Mannen gekmaken en alles laten verliezen. Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song), Born This Way Transgender rights in Iran, "If it was Lehman Sisters, it would be a different world" --Christine Lagarde Laclau and Mouffe
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