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Intellectuals and Race investigates the influence of scholars and thinkers on racial debates over more than a century. It traces how intellectual opinions have moved across the spectrum, from early twentieth‑century positions to late twentieth‑century perspectives, while holding similar views on other topics. Using historical data, demographics, geography, economics, and statistics, the book tests long‑standing assumptions about race. It explores the motivations—ideals, incentives, rationales—behind high‑profile intellectual positions on race, including theories of intelligence, eugenics, social justice, and multiculturalism, and evaluates the societal effects of these ideas.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Politics & Government/Political Theory
Authors: Thomas Sowell
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