In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and writer Theodore Dalrymple shows that freeing the mind from prejudice is not only impossible, but entails intellectual, moral and emotional dishonesty. The attempt to eradicate prejudice has several dire consequences for the individual and society as a whole.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 08/10/2007
ISBN: 9781594032028
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 9