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The Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
The iconoclastic author of such books as "Race and Culture" and "Inside American Education" now delivers a sweeping attack on conventional wisdom and the elite intelligentsia, and issues a warning about the danger to the values and the future of American society.
Book Details
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: Jun 28th, 1996
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.05in - 5.30in - 0.86in - 0.59lb
- EAN: 9780465089956
- Categories: • Public Policy - Social Policy• Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism• Sociology - Social Theory
About the Author
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.
Praise for this book
"This is as compelling an explanation as any for the seemingly disproportionate amount of condescension and politically correct invective that emanates from the liberal side of the political spectrum toward the conservative opposition."--Scott McConnell, Wall Street Journal
"As always, Sowell's analysis is well informed and displays a great deal of that increasingly uncommon quality, common sense... In the largest sense, The Vision of the Anointed is a book about the perils of ideology--those dazzling intellectual-moral constructions that seduce the unwary into ignoring the way the world works for the sake of dreams about the way it must."--Roger Kimball, The American Spectator
"Mr. Sowell's eye is sharp, and everyone who has been up against progressive orthodoxy will find his or her own candidate for Most Annoying Liberal Kiss-Off Award."--Suzanne Garment, Washington Times
"Avid conservatives, for whom Sowell is a true-blue intellectual force, will certainly seize upon his analysis for succor."--Booklist