In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past (Brief Encounters)

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.
  • ISBN10 1594032696
  • ISBN13 9781594032691
  • Publish Date 25 September 2007
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Encounter Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 144
  • Language English