A Conflict of Visions
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Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this...
Published By Basic Books
Format Paperback
Category
Number Of Pages 352
Publication Date 06/05/2007
ISBN 9780465002054
Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8 inches
"Extraordinary on several counts...[Sowell] makes his case fairly, lucidly and persuasively."—The New York Times Book Review
"A classic of a very special kind...Reading [it] is like looking up at the night sky and discovering a new constellation."—Christian Science Monitor
"[A Conflict of Visions] is recommended herewith to anybody sufficiently interested in the American condition to try to get beneath the surface of partisanship, trendy issues and pop ideology to the philosophical foundations of the Republic."—Boston Globe
"[A] fine book ... Sowell's illuminating guide to the political conflicts of our age teaches the valuable lesson that political choices always involve costs."—Commentary
"An excellent condensation of two centuries of social thought."—Booklist
"A provocative analysis of the conflicting visions of human nature that have shaped the moral, legal and economic life of recent times."—Publishers Weekly