Where have all the liberals gone? : race, class, and ideals in America

James R. Flynn

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.

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[目次]

  • Prologue
  • Part I. St. Thomas Jefferson: 1. Something beautiful is vanished
  • Part II. Blacks and the Pursuit of Happiness: 2. The lost boys
  • 3. What Germany did that America has not
  • 4. Do we want affirmative action for whites only?
  • Part III. Yours for a Better World: 5. Saving equality from the dustbin of history
  • 6. Jefferson and Social Democracy
  • 7. The America who would be king
  • Part IV. A History of Moral Confusion: 8. William James and Leo Strauss
  • 9. The status of the good life
  • 10. Choosing to be free
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Tables.

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書名 Where have all the liberals gone? : race, class, and ideals in America
著作者等 Flynn, James Robert
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2008
ページ数 xiii, 336 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780521494311
NCID BA87779366
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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