Human Diversity
the biology of gender, race, and class
$48.00
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2020
Summary
The Human Mosaic: Unveiling the Biology of Our Differences
The intellectual landscape is shifting. Advances in genetics and neuroscience are challenging long-held beliefs that have dominated the social sciences for decades. At the heart of this shift lies the re-examination of three core tenets:
- Gender as a social construct.
- Race as a social construct.
- Class as a function of privilege.
While these ideas contain grains of truth, they are…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781538744017 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1538744015 |
| Author: | Charles Murray |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Twelve |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 164mm x 44mm |
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PRAISE FOR COMING APART : “I’ll be shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s Coming Apart .”– David Brooks, The New York Times
PRAISE FOR COMING APART:
“I’ll be shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s Coming Apart.”–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}David Brooks, The New York Times
”’Coming Apart brims with ideas about what ails America.“–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Economist”[An] incisive, alarming, and hugely frustrating book about the state of American society.“–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Bloomberg Businessweek”[A] timely investigation into a worsening class divide no one can afford to ignore.“–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Publisher’s Weekly”[Murray] argues for the need to focus on what has made the U.S. exceptional beyond its wealth and military power…religion, marriage, industriousness, and morality.“–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Booklist (Starred Review)“Mr. Murray’s sobering portrait is of a nation where millions of people are losing touch with the founding virtues that have long lent American lives purpose, direction and happiness.”–p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Wall Street JournalAbout The Author
Charles Murray
Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He came to national attention first in 1984 with Losing Ground and most recently in 2012 with Coming Apart. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.
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