Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596988126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A former liberal himself, Horowitz recounts his own brushes with radicalism and offers unparalleled insight into the disjointed ideology of liberal elites through case studies of well-known radial leftists, including Christopher Hitchens, feminist Bettina Aptheker , leftist academic Cornel West, and more.Exploring the origin and evolution of radical liberals and their progressive ideology, Radicals illustrates how liberalism is not only intellectually crippling for its adherents, but devastating to society.. So argues David Horowitz, bestselling author in his newest book Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion.From Karl Marx to Barack Obama, Horowitz shows how the idealistic impulse to make the world a better place” gives birth
From the Inside FlapIt is an irony of our human condition, writes David Horowitz, that the efforts by progressive radicals to make the world a better place” have also been the chief source of human suffering from the beginning of time. Bestselling author David Horowitz, once a radical himself, has now written Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passionhis ultimate reflection on radicalism and its inevitably tragic consequences, focusing his analysis not on abstract ideology but on the people who have embraced it.Among those profiled in Radicals:The witty and brilliant, if self-destructive, Christopher Hitchens, a friend who had second thoughts but couldn’t break with his radical faithBettina Aptheker, whose troubled life illustrates the totalitarian dimensions of radical feminismCornel West, a celebrity academic whose preposterous s
Radicals -- creating utopias the end justifies the means! Radicals -- Portraits of a Destructive Passion (2012) by David Horowitz is physically a relatively thin tome but it is a stout book in ideas and in deciphering the mentality of the left-wing radicals influencing and re-making American society -- from the late 1960s to the present. Horowitz paints incisive psychologica. "Well written, informative but anything but enjoyable to read. The content is very disturbing." according to Sharry Jones. Deception is the foundation of all of these individuals. It was once said that there are those who make disciples twice as fit for hell as they are themselves. Abdication and passivity by decent people will pave the road to the hell these individuals advocate.. Great insights from an author who has been on both family guy375 Great insights from an author who has been on both sides of the aisle, and was there in the 60's and 70's. Engrossing. Resonates today, and I recommend it for this election season.