From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion to the largely unexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of the ongoing "dumbing of America."
Americans have always stubbornly clung to the myth of egalitarianism, of the supremacy of the individual average man. But here, at long last, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic William A. Henry III takes on, and debunks, some basic, fundamentally ingrained ideas: that everyone is pretty much alike (and should be); that self-fulfillment is more imortant thant objective achievement; that everyone has something significant to contribute; that all cultures offer something equally worthwhile; that a truly just society would automatically produce equal success results across lines of race, class, and gender; and that the common man is almost always right. Henry makes clear, in a book full of vivid examples and unflinching opinions, that while these notions are seductively democratic they are also hopelessly wrong.
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雖然作者關於動物主義和環境主義一些看法我不認同,但是作者是個真男人:敢說美國真正需要聽的話,而不管它是否願意聽。很多時候美好的願望並不能帶來美好的結果,平等也並不是相同,平等可以透過差異體現,萬物平等,來自一個本源,世界還不是照樣如此豐富多彩。平等本來...
評分爭取兩性平等、爭取種族平等……一切的平等都是值得爭取的。有人反對為瞭結果的看似平等用不同標準來替代同一標準,認為在起點上要平等,提供平等競爭機會,而不是用工作與受教育機會(指大學)的配額製的終點平等……看起來很完美的結論。 但是,事情總有不如意。...
評分Every culture is good enough for those who live in that culture. However, are there any culture that is somewhat better than others? Yes, there is. Henry, III listed 7 criteria for a superior culture. One does not have to agree with him in every way. But ...
評分爭取兩性平等、爭取種族平等……一切的平等都是值得爭取的。有人反對為瞭結果的看似平等用不同標準來替代同一標準,認為在起點上要平等,提供平等競爭機會,而不是用工作與受教育機會(指大學)的配額製的終點平等……看起來很完美的結論。 但是,事情總有不如意。...
評分雖然作者關於動物主義和環境主義一些看法我不認同,但是作者是個真男人:敢說美國真正需要聽的話,而不管它是否願意聽。很多時候美好的願望並不能帶來美好的結果,平等也並不是相同,平等可以透過差異體現,萬物平等,來自一個本源,世界還不是照樣如此豐富多彩。平等本來...
圖書標籤: Elitism 經濟學 Social
W.H.應該是吵架高手……例子舊瞭些,放在今天能至少擴充一倍。人人都可以齣風頭,可惜現在成百上韆的人把這看作是與生俱來的權利
評分A powerful defense for elites and noblemen .
評分A powerful defense for elites and noblemen .
評分非常極端 論述有點混亂 但是紮心的東西纔痛纔深刻
評分A powerful defense for elites and noblemen .
In Defense of Elitism 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載