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By James R. Flynn

Professor James R. Flynn is popular for his trust that the IQ hole among black and white americans isn't genetic, yet environmental in foundation. Flynn's debatable new e-book bargains an alternative choice to the imaginative and prescient of yankee society popularized via Herrnstein and Murray within the Bell Curve and is a must-read for all these eager to sustain so far with the IQ debate. It lines the heritage of yank idealism from Jefferson to the fans of Leo Strauss; analyses the black marriage industry, the case for affirmative motion, the folly of Iraq, and the liberal failure of will; and concludes with a strong defence of humane beliefs and human autonomy. With its transparent and engaging prose, social scientists, philosophers and most people will locate this a distinct and intriguing publication that might rearm American idealism with new ideas.

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