Human Diversity

The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

Charles Murray

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English

Twelve
31 March 2020

Society & Social Sciences; Social & cultural anthropology

"The thesis of HUMAN DIVERSITY is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:

- Gender is a social construct.

- Race is a social construct.

- Class is a function of privilege.

The problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich texture that biology adds to our understanding of the social, political, and economic worlds we live in.

It is not a story to be feared. ""There are no monsters in the closet,"" Murray writes, ""no dread doors we must fear opening."" But it is a story that needs telling. HUMAN DIVERSITY does so without sensationalism, drawing on the most authoritative scientific findings, celebrating both our many differences and our common humanity."

By: Charles Murray
Imprint: Twelve
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9781538744017
ISBN 10: 1538744015
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He came to national attention first in 1984 with Losing Ground and most recently in 2012 with Coming Apart. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.

Reviews for Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

"PRAISE FOR COMING APART: ""I'll be shocked if there's another book this year as important as Charles Murray's Coming Apart.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}David Brooks, The New York Times ""'Coming Apart brims with ideas about what ails America.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Economist ""[An] incisive, alarming, and hugely frustrating book about the state of American society.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Bloomberg Businessweek ""[A] timely investigation into a worsening class divide no one can afford to ignore.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Publisher's Weekly ""[Murray] argues for the need to focus on what has made the U.S. exceptional beyond its wealth and military power...religion, marriage, industriousness, and morality.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Booklist (Starred Review) ""Mr. Murray's sobering portrait is of a nation where millions of people are losing touch with the founding virtues that have long lent American lives purpose, direction and happiness.""--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Wall Street Journal"