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In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past
Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and writer Theodore Dalrymple shows that freeing the mind from prejudice is not only impossible, but entails intellectual, moral and emotional dishonesty. The attempt to eradicate prejudice has several dire consequences for the individual and society as a whole.
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In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past
Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and writer Theodore Dalrymple shows that freeing the mind from prejudice is not only impossible, but entails intellectual, moral and emotional dishonesty. The attempt to eradicate prejudice has several dire consequences for the individual and society as a whole.
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In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

by Theodore Dalrymple
In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past
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In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

by Theodore Dalrymple

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Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and writer Theodore Dalrymple shows that freeing the mind from prejudice is not only impossible, but entails intellectual, moral and emotional dishonesty. The attempt to eradicate prejudice has several dire consequences for the individual and society as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781594032691
Publisher: Encounter Books
Publication date: 09/25/2007
Series: Brief Encounters
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 183 KB

About the Author

Theodore Dalrymple is a psychiatrist and prison doctor who treats heroin addicts. He writes a column for the London Spectator, contributes frequently to the Daily Telegraph, and is a contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. He lives in Birmingham, England.
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