The Vision Of The Anointed: Self-congratulation As A Basis For Social Policy

Sowell, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0465089941 / ISBN 13: 9780465089949

Published by Basic Books, 1995

About this Item

(5th printing) Larger, sturdy book, brown cloth spine, black boards, gilt lettering bright and black lettering very fine on spine, a light smudge at spine top, a remainder line and red dot at pages' bottom edge, 305 pages. On half-title page in black ink "To Bill with love, Thomas Sowell." (Exploring association between Sowell and William F. Buckley Jr.) DJ beneath mylar, black background with a dark wreath design in the gilt rounded lines at center front, silver and black spine, gold and black back. DJ Very Good, Book Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vision Of The Anointed: Self-congratulation As A Basis For Social Policy
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465089941
• ISBN 13: 9780465089949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision whose defects have led to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies. In this book, he describes how elitesthe anointedhave replaced facts and rational thinking with rhetorical assertions, thereby altering the course of our social policy.

About the Author

Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books and the recipient of various awards, including the National Humanities Medal, Presented by the President of the United States in 2003.