{"product_id":"book-7851","title":"Intellectuals and Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntellectuals and Race\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntellectuals 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntellectuals and Race\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to in-depth examinations of these and other issues, \u003cem\u003eIntellectuals and Race\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301513797936,"sku":"BD7851","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301513830704,"sku":"ZE7851","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301513929008,"sku":"ZM7851","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/7851-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775721758","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-7851","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}