- Taschenbuch: 280 Seiten
- Verlag: William Morrow & Co; Auflage: Reprint (April 1988)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0688079512
- ISBN-13: 978-0688079512
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 14 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.256.333 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This latest work by Sowell examines two competing visions which shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power. These visions are the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. The book builds a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes are ultimately based on the differences in these visions. It covers a wide variety of political, philosophical, and economic thought. Although occasionally abstract, this volume is an important contribution to our understanding of current social issues. Recommended for large public and all college and university libraries. Richard C. Schiming, Economics Dept., Mankato State Univ., Minn.
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Any thoughtful observer of political and social discourse is forced to note the ironies and disjuncts in specific beliefs from time to time. Conservatives often support restrictions on behavior in order to effect security, while liberals preach freedom but are happy to truncate it in order to marshall the resources to support their favored victim classes. Either side, if honestly introspective, ought to be troubled about why this is. Thomas Sowell, one of America's most thoughtful and intellectually honest commentators explains just why this is and traces the origin of the question to the Enlightenment and post-enlightenment thinkers before and shortly after the French Revolution. He describes the key dichotomy as between the "constrained" and "unconstrained" views of human nature, which view mankind as flawed or perfectable, respectively. Another author describing comparable distinctions in international relations, Robert Kaplan, uses the terms Realist and Idealist to discuss the same cleavage. In setting this out, Sowell manages to produce a genuinely Aristotelian approach to modern thought that is extremely worth reading. What's more, he does all of this in a very readable, approachable prose that it more enjoyable to read than any text on such deep subjects ought to be. It's one of the very few books that improves the reader while giving pleasure in doing so.
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This book has only gained by the passage of time since it was written. It is clear that his analysis of the huge separation between those who view man as "constrained" vs the modern Liberal viewpoint has only grown deeper. He actually makes the best case I have read for the Liberal position, and it is still sorely lacking. I am so grateful that he lives and writes.
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Mr. Sowell seems convinced that a typical person's positions on various political topics are in fact dictated by relatively few basic assumptions which the person holds. That is, three or four basic "truths" which you hold will in turn govern your views on dozens of other policy issures.
He makes a very readable and very convincing case, illustrating how this plays out in many of today's "hot" political issues.
This concept - that a few basic assumptions, or one's "vision," drives political views - is one he returns to again and again in his books.
In fact, though I enjoyed Vision of the Anointed and Cosmic Justice, I found them somewhat redundant. This book seems to be a more fundamental treatment of the topic; I'm glad I read it first.
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Sowell goes straight to the roots of ideological conflict
Why do the supposedly "intolerant" seem more tolerant of disagreement than the "tolerant"? Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Juni 2000 von David C. Moses
clarity of thought
This book is extremely well organized and the logic of thought is excellent. The issue and the core of the problem are so well defined and the single line of argument is being... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. April 2000 von ymchow
Single best book about political ideas
Every college and graduate student should be required to read this book because it so clearly explains the reasons why people hold certain opinions about matters of policy,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Februar 2000 von Dial911book
To understand the nature of political arguments, read this
Probably the book that best captures the core of Sowell's thought, this will help crystallize the understanding of anyone who has invested a lot of time in observing the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Dezember 1999 von Michael Wendt
Informative, Insightful, Useful, and Practical
I must admit I found Thomas Sowell somewhat difficult to understand. However, given the abstract nature of the book, I'm not sure many writers could have written much better. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A book for the intelligent mind
Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" is a remarkable book. The author's objective portrayal of the two conflicting visions, their premises, their history and their... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 1999 von Redmund K. Sum
This is the one book that should be read by every American.
This book traces the history of the modern Conservative and Liberal "visions" from their beginnings about 200 years ago to the present day. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
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