From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture criticÂ Â for Time magazine comes theÂ Â tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive,Â Â argument that our devotion to the

In Defense of Elitism

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture criticÂ Â for Time magazine comes theÂ Â tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive,Â Â argument that our devotion to the largelyÂ Â unexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of theÂ Â ongoing "dumbing of America."

Americans have always stubbornly clung to theÂ Â myth of egalitarianism, of the supremacy of theÂ Â individual average man. But here, at long last,Â Â Pulitzer Prize-winning critic William A. Henry IIIÂ Â takes on, and debunks, some basic, fundamentallyÂ Â ingrained ideas: that everyone is pretty much alikeÂ Â (and should be); that self-fulfillment is moreÂ Â imortant thant objective achievement; that everyoneÂ Â has something significant to contribute; that allÂ Â cultures offer something equally worthwhile; thatÂ Â a truly just society would automatically produceÂ Â equal success results across lines of race,Â Â class, and gender; and that the common man is almostÂ Â always right. Henry makes clear, in a book full ofÂ Â vivid examples and unflinching opinions, thatÂ Â while these notions are seductively democratic theyÂ Â are also hopelessly wrong.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385479431
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 1995-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385479431

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385479431
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	1995-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385479431

In Defense of Elitism