To support the channel, see below: ? Bitcoin: 1La4Uu8zozijcPahAYDKNtLd6KgpXxUVRX ? Cash: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/audioboy279 ? Words of support or constructive feedback welcome too ? Claim FREE LBC Here: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@audioboy:7 Intellectuals & Race 00:00:37 Skip to start 00:01:08 Introduction 00:03:17 Chapter 1 00:17:12 Chapter 2 00:50:12 Chapter 3 01:48:07 Chapter 4 02:13:34 Chapter 5 03:28:03 Chapter 6 04:19:53 Chapter 7 04:58:13 Chapter 8 Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense - one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light. Intellectuals have played a major role in racial issues throughout the centuries. Though their individual views may differ, as a whole their views tend to group, and just over the course of the twentieth century, they have shifted from one end of the spectrum to the other. Surprisingly, these radically different views of race were held by intellectuals whose views on other issues were often very similar. Intellectuals and Race is not, however, a book about history, even though it has much historical evidence, as well as demographic, geographic, and economic evidence - all of it directed toward testing the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed at times among intellectuals in general, and especially at their highest levels. Nor is this simply a theoretical exercise. Sowell’s ultimate concern is the impact of intellectual movements on the larger society, both past and present. These ideas and crusades have ranged widely from racial theories of intelligence to eugenics to “social justice” and multiculturalism. In addition to in-depth examinations of these and other issues, Intellectuals and Race explores the incentives, the visions, and the rationales that drive intellectuals at the highest levels to conclusions that have often turned out to be counterproductive and even disastrous, not only for particular racial or ethnic groups but for societies as a whole. Intellectuals & Society 05:42:59 Introduction 05:48:03 Chapter 1 06:06:30 Chapter 2 06:56:56 Chapter 3 08:25:12 Chapter 4 09:59:46 Chapter 5 11:21:49 Chapter 6 13:03:28 Chapter 7 14:24:51 Chapter 8 15:49:15 Chapter 9 16:59:04 Summary This is a study of how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop, on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace. The thesis of Intellectuals and Society is that the influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals. Even government leaders with disdain or contempt for intellectuals have had to bend to the climate of opinion shaped by those intellectuals. Intellectuals and Society not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society-- and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views.

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