The Madness of Crowds - Gender, Race and Identity

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<BR>A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year<BR><BR>Updated with a new afterword by the author<BR><BR> 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B. Peterson<BR> <BR> '... Beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' - Richard Dawkins<BR> <BR> Are we living through the great derangement of our times?<BR><BR> In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.<BR><BR> One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society - from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women - Murray's penetrating book, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.