{"product_id":"book-bdw0","title":"10 Books That Screwed Up the World","description":"You've heard of the \"Great Books\"?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are their evil opposites. From Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e to Karl Marx's \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e to Alfred Kinsey's \u003ci\u003eSexual Behavior in the Human Male\u003c\/i\u003e, these \"influential\" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous social experiments. And yet these authors' bad ideas are still popular and pervasive—in fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it. Here with the antidote is Professor Benjamin Wiker. In his scintillating new book, \u003ci\u003e10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help\u003c\/i\u003e, he seizes each of these evil books by its malignant heart and exposes it to the light of day. In this witty, learned, and provocative exposé, you'll learn:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Why Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e was the inspiration for a long list of tyrannies (Stalin had it on his nightstand)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How Descartes's \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Method\u003c\/i\u003e \"proved\" God's existence only by making Him a creation of our own ego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How Hobbes's \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e led to the belief that we have a \"right\" to whatever we want\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Why Marx and Engels's \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e could win the award for the most malicious book ever written\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How Darwin's \u003ci\u003eDescent of Man\u003c\/i\u003e proves he intended \"survival of the fittest\" to be applied to human society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e issued the call for a world ruled solely by the \"will to power\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How Hitler's \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e was a kind of \"spiritualized Darwinism\" that accounts for his genocidal anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—How the pansexual paradise described in Margaret Mead's \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in Samoa\u003c\/i\u003e turned out to be a creation of her own sexual confusions and aspirations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Why Alfred Kinsey's \u003ci\u003eSexual Behavior in the Human Male\u003c\/i\u003e was simply autobiography masquerading as science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, shocking, and instructive, \u003ci\u003e10 Books That Screwed Up the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers a quick education on the worst ideas in human history—and how we can avoid them in the future. ","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49391922250032,"sku":"BDbdw0","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49391922315568,"sku":"ZEbdw0","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49391922381104,"sku":"ZMbdw0","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bdw0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770853475","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bdw0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}