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The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity; THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Hardcover – 17 Sept. 2019

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B. Peterson

'[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' - Richard Dawkins

'How can you not know about The Madness of Crowds? It's actually the book I've just finished. You can't just not read these books, not know about them.' - Tom Stoppard

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'.

We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.

Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.

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1472959957
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978-1472959959
Publisher

Bloomsbury Continuum
Publication date

17 Sept. 2019
Language

English
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15.29 x 23.39 cm
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288 pages
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Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues ― Jordan B. Peterson, bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life

[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone. He mercilessly exposes the hypocrisy and embarrassingly blatant contradictions that run rife through the current 'woke' vogue. ― Richard Dawkins

Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today. ― Bernard-Henri Lévy

How can you not know about The Madness of Crowds? It's actually the book I've just finished. You can't just not read these books, not know about them. ― Tom Stoppard

Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I'd just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing - or, indeed, provocative - than sanity. ― Sam Harris, author of five New York Times bestsellers and host of the Making Sense podcast.

An abomination ― Titania McGrath, author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

This is an author who specialises in expressing what everyone sort of knows already and is afraid to say ... well argued, well supported and well observed ― Lionel Shriver, The Times

Graceful and witty ― Guardian

Necessary and provocative ― Evening Standard

Impressive and lively . Murray's comprehensive survey of the prevailing madness will not persuade every reader. But it raises the real questions of our times. ― Roger Scruton, Unherd

Murray's book performs a great service ― Financial Times

Fascinating . Much of what Murray writes is pertinent and hard to disagree with ― Sunday Times

Murray is a superbly perceptive guide through the age of the social justice warrior ― Daily Telegraph

Murray's book raises urgent questions about how people should conduct themselves in today's age of "wokeness"' ― Catholic Herald

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The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Continuum (17 Sept. 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472959957
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472959959
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.29 x 23.39 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 17,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 25 in Ethical Issues
- 160 in Cultural Studies
- 719 in Government & Politics

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Max

Hate wokeness and social justice movement already? Then this is for you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2019

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If you've already decided you hate "wokeness" and social justice issues then this book is for you. You can read the mildly intellectual commentary, cherry picked quotes and poorly cited text and feel like you've finally found the ultimate take down to support your point of view.

But, if like me, you are disillusioned with the current state of identity politics and are looking for a thoughtful analysis to provide some insights, this aint it.

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Aqua

The Mores Of The Mob

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2019

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Murray is one of my favourite conservative thinkers and here he steps up to reply to the shrillest voices that barrack us on today's most contentious topics.
The sections of the book are Gay , Women, Race and Trans. Murray patiently dissects the inconsistencies , contradictions , harmful outcomes and bizarre injustices which are a consequence of the woke revolution now dominating the western world.
His central theme is that many of the causes which were manifestly unjustly treated in former times have now been substantially resolved , but the today's advocates will not settle for the new parities and continue to make ever excessive demands which are changing once noble objectives into grotesque distortions.
The tone of the book is calm and accommodating and Murray necessarily pulls his punches to some extent although he does not weaken his arguments by doing so.
Needless to say this is a book for the converted , but if you are weary of being shouted at by 'activists' who believe that they exist on a higher moral plane than you then this book will provide a couple of hours of decent therapy.

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Griff

Poorly argued propaganda masquerading as serious thinking.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2019

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Feebly argued right wing rant relying on omission, obscurity and anecdote and illustrating the mind of a man locked in his own neocon bubble. To argue , for example, that we have achieved racial and sexual equality in the US and UK is simply laughable. No evidence whatsoever is presented for any of the many and depressing counterfactual propositions which litter the book.
Just one egregious example : to fail to highlight the grossly abusive the bahaviour of men like Harvey Weinstein when discussing the Me Too movement shows the paucity of both serious analysis and simple humanity which characterizes this tendentious and unilluminating tome. An extreme , distorted and grossly overrated piece of neopopulist rhetoric.

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Iain Duncan

Loud and Clear

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2019

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Douglas Murray takes us through the rise of the new metaphysics which have replaced the outdated belief in facts, science, logic and truth.
A brilliant guide to understanding the post-truth world of intersectionality and legal fiat. He gives us some hope that we can overcome the madness that is destroying our post-everything society.

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@coffeepunks

This book will become a No1 best seller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2019

Another great book from a Great British intellectual. Such compassion only comes from a true liberal. Again Murray holds up the light to skillfully warn of the gathering train wreck of the new age ‘woke’ false liberalism that rather than be good, honest and just, instead narcissistically screams “look at what a very nice person I am indeed” at all costs in order to project a perception that has been polished by main stream identity politics. Fitting into The Groupthink is more important that it’s sinister results. Murray is no doubt one of the most important thinkers and authors of our time.

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jvm

Another Fantastic Book by Douglas Murray

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2019

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Douglas Murray does it again. If you’ve been wondering what’s behind all of the recent hysteria about trans rights, ‘dead naming’ and ‘intersectionality’; or like James O Brian and Novara media you don’t know what identity politics or cultural Marxism is, this is the book for you.

After watching Douglas Murray’s many debates on YouTube I’ve always admired his ability to calmly and cogently dismantle the left’s arguments like cheap flat pack furniture. After addressing the Issue of immigration, identity and Islam in ‘The Strange Death if Europe’, he doesn’t disappoint this time by addressing cultural Marxism and identity politics issues in, ‘The Madness if Crowds’.

It’s no surprise that someone writing for the Guardian described this book as a “right wing diatribe” since it comprehensively dissects everything they hold dear, slither by slither. What else would a publication who argues that homosexuals are oppressed in the U.K. but remains silent on issue of them being executed in Iran think?

Anyone who has enjoyed Douglas Murray’s books and wish there were more should read ‘Neoconservatism and Why we Need It’ which is a hugely underrated book. If, like most of us, you’ve been wondering how and why political correctness seems to be ascending to new heights on what seems like a daily basis then this is a book for you.

Edit: this book is even more relevant in light of the recent BLM ‘largely peaceful protests’. If you’re wondering why the BLM movement doesn’t seem to actually be anything about black lives this is the book for you.

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Fantastic and refreshing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2019

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Fantastic book. Murray is a refreshing voice in a screaming world. These conversations need to happen urgently and he has been brave and right to bring this discussion to the forefront. I hope the momentum stays.

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