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# The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER "An excellent take on the lunacy affecting much of the world today. Douglas is one of the bright lights that could lead us out of the darkness." – Joe Rogan "Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues" – Jordan B. Peterson Are we living through the great derangement of our times? 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. 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 clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.

Review: Courageous, Persuasive and Very Important - This is a wonderful new book by the author of THE STRANGE DEATH OF EUROPE. THE MADNESS OF CROWDS concerns the issues of gender, race and identity and the manner in which they have been weaponized and unendingly politicized, particularly in the west and particularly, as he notes, in those countries (the U.K., the U.S.) where the most progress has been made in countering original forms of prejudice. In contrast with societies where gay people are thrown off of buildings our societies are criticized as being homophobic to a catastrophic degree. How can this be so? How can we be accused of being most retrograde and reactionary when we are, in fact, most 'advanced' and 'progressive'? This is the broad subject of the book. Some of the answers: when we come closer and closer to solving a problem the lingering existence of some aspects of that problem become progressively more intolerable. This is a fact of human nature. We continue to fight against as yet 'incurable' diseases but when we see individuals die of diseases which are quite curable we are enraged. This is an example of 'physical evil' being transformed into 'moral evil' where, for example, a curable disease kills people because corrupt politicians have chosen to enrich themselves rather than utilizing funds for the delivery of vaccines. This is not DM's principal answer. The principal answer(s) are that the activities that we are witnessing are ultimately rooted in Marxist principles—the desire to perpetuate warfare and division in order to accumulate political power and personal recognition. All of the demands in favor of creating peace and brotherhood are, in fact, attempts to create and perpetuate division. Division creates jobs and it conveys that thymos or recognition that Francis Fukuyama saw as one of the principal desiderata of failed states. To politicize everything is to destroy everything but that corrected intersectional polity which some social justice warriors argue for is, for many, a substitute religion. It offers a way to 'belong' at a time when traditional forms of religion and other traditional institutions have failed (and/or been undermined). Eric Hoffer made this point in his 1951 study, THE TRUE BELIEVER. Mass movements are the only way that some individuals can find meaning in their otherwise humdrum lives. The problem is that the intersectional program is radically flawed, internally contradictory and rife with internal division. We are left, e.g., with a world in which biologically-male athletes who consider themselves to be female can eradicate opportunity for biologically-female athletes. DM gives the poignant example of biologically-male mixed-martial-arts athletes pummeling biological females until they are broken and bloodied, while at the same time the behaviors of men toward women (in, e.g., the 'workplace') are rigidly codified with hitherto-unknown shibboleths. The notion that men who strike women are to be condemned is quickly nullified if the 'man' in question wants to think of himself as 'female'. In fact, the man who 'gazes' at women is to be condemned while the 'man' who thinks of himself as 'female' and pummels his female opponent is celebrated. DM's bottom line is often that we are being asked to subscribe to notions which are patently absurd and offensive to common sense. These notions are not the foundations for a utopian society; they are the foundations for a chaotic hell. This has all happened 'yesterday' and eons of tradition and experience are suddenly overthrown in an instant, a process exacerbated by contemporary technology which contributes materially to 'the madness of crowds' and creates an ethos of hatred and violence while attempting to create an ethos of brotherhood and sisterhood. The examples adduced are cogent and telling. The author is both a scholar and a journalist, so the book is trenchant but also immediately accessible to all interested readers. The advice that it offers--a spirit of forgiveness, a spirit of generosity and common sense, a respect for the individual and a suspicion of mobs everywhere--is powerful and persuasive. The sad reality, however, is that it is likely to be principally persuasive for those who are already predisposed to hear his message. "Mad" crowds are seldom fitting vessels to receive the gifts of sweet reason, particularly when their default position is obsession and, ultimately, self-interest. Bottom line: a stunning book which should be the 'common reading' text at all colleges and universities (but never will be).
Review: common sense in an insane time - Murray was a breath of fresh air when I first heard him on Youtube. As our world becomes more and more unhinged, led by our supposed 'deep thinking professors', I almost wept when I heard someone using both their intellect and common sense at the same time. There are far too few philosphers who are being heard now days, and our society is the worse for it. No wonder it's becoming so dismal. The thing with crowds, is that they tend to sink to the lowest common denominator--what we aren't realizing, is that with social media, we are becoming a crowd, and I'm not sure where the 'lowest' common denominator might be, but I once we hit bottom, we might get a bounce. Murray is an articulate, handsome, gay man who speaks common sense like a kindly, old grandfather. It took a minute to get over the paradox, but I'm glad I stuck with him. His book is wonderful, well thought out, and makes perfect sense of the insane policies our medias are screaming at us. High school boys showering with highschool girls because the boy suddenly feels like a woman. How insane are we? If this would have been suggested ten years ago, the idea would have been ridiculed out of existence. Now, like the Emporor's New Clothes, you're considered not 'woke' if you don't agree. We may have forgotten George Orwell, but we have Douglas Murray to tell us where we're headed--and it's not good. Read this book so you can sleep at night knowing that there is still sanity in the world. Read this book so you can calmly and analytically tell your Marxist friends why they are not only wrong, but are taking us into the insane world of Communisim, something that has led to abject misery for us ever time it's tried.

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| Best Sellers Rank | #308,318 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7 in Cultural Policy #105 in Media & Internet in Politics (Books) #107 in Civil Rights & Liberties (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 9,636 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Courageous, Persuasive and Very Important
*by R***Z on October 18, 2019*

This is a wonderful new book by the author of THE STRANGE DEATH OF EUROPE. THE MADNESS OF CROWDS concerns the issues of gender, race and identity and the manner in which they have been weaponized and unendingly politicized, particularly in the west and particularly, as he notes, in those countries (the U.K., the U.S.) where the most progress has been made in countering original forms of prejudice. In contrast with societies where gay people are thrown off of buildings our societies are criticized as being homophobic to a catastrophic degree. How can this be so? How can we be accused of being most retrograde and reactionary when we are, in fact, most 'advanced' and 'progressive'? This is the broad subject of the book. Some of the answers: when we come closer and closer to solving a problem the lingering existence of some aspects of that problem become progressively more intolerable. This is a fact of human nature. We continue to fight against as yet 'incurable' diseases but when we see individuals die of diseases which are quite curable we are enraged. This is an example of 'physical evil' being transformed into 'moral evil' where, for example, a curable disease kills people because corrupt politicians have chosen to enrich themselves rather than utilizing funds for the delivery of vaccines. This is not DM's principal answer. The principal answer(s) are that the activities that we are witnessing are ultimately rooted in Marxist principles—the desire to perpetuate warfare and division in order to accumulate political power and personal recognition. All of the demands in favor of creating peace and brotherhood are, in fact, attempts to create and perpetuate division. Division creates jobs and it conveys that thymos or recognition that Francis Fukuyama saw as one of the principal desiderata of failed states. To politicize everything is to destroy everything but that corrected intersectional polity which some social justice warriors argue for is, for many, a substitute religion. It offers a way to 'belong' at a time when traditional forms of religion and other traditional institutions have failed (and/or been undermined). Eric Hoffer made this point in his 1951 study, THE TRUE BELIEVER. Mass movements are the only way that some individuals can find meaning in their otherwise humdrum lives. The problem is that the intersectional program is radically flawed, internally contradictory and rife with internal division. We are left, e.g., with a world in which biologically-male athletes who consider themselves to be female can eradicate opportunity for biologically-female athletes. DM gives the poignant example of biologically-male mixed-martial-arts athletes pummeling biological females until they are broken and bloodied, while at the same time the behaviors of men toward women (in, e.g., the 'workplace') are rigidly codified with hitherto-unknown shibboleths. The notion that men who strike women are to be condemned is quickly nullified if the 'man' in question wants to think of himself as 'female'. In fact, the man who 'gazes' at women is to be condemned while the 'man' who thinks of himself as 'female' and pummels his female opponent is celebrated. DM's bottom line is often that we are being asked to subscribe to notions which are patently absurd and offensive to common sense. These notions are not the foundations for a utopian society; they are the foundations for a chaotic hell. This has all happened 'yesterday' and eons of tradition and experience are suddenly overthrown in an instant, a process exacerbated by contemporary technology which contributes materially to 'the madness of crowds' and creates an ethos of hatred and violence while attempting to create an ethos of brotherhood and sisterhood. The examples adduced are cogent and telling. The author is both a scholar and a journalist, so the book is trenchant but also immediately accessible to all interested readers. The advice that it offers--a spirit of forgiveness, a spirit of generosity and common sense, a respect for the individual and a suspicion of mobs everywhere--is powerful and persuasive. The sad reality, however, is that it is likely to be principally persuasive for those who are already predisposed to hear his message. "Mad" crowds are seldom fitting vessels to receive the gifts of sweet reason, particularly when their default position is obsession and, ultimately, self-interest. Bottom line: a stunning book which should be the 'common reading' text at all colleges and universities (but never will be).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ common sense in an insane time
*by R***Y on December 3, 2019*

Murray was a breath of fresh air when I first heard him on Youtube. As our world becomes more and more unhinged, led by our supposed 'deep thinking professors', I almost wept when I heard someone using both their intellect and common sense at the same time. There are far too few philosphers who are being heard now days, and our society is the worse for it. No wonder it's becoming so dismal. The thing with crowds, is that they tend to sink to the lowest common denominator--what we aren't realizing, is that with social media, we are becoming a crowd, and I'm not sure where the 'lowest' common denominator might be, but I once we hit bottom, we might get a bounce. Murray is an articulate, handsome, gay man who speaks common sense like a kindly, old grandfather. It took a minute to get over the paradox, but I'm glad I stuck with him. His book is wonderful, well thought out, and makes perfect sense of the insane policies our medias are screaming at us. High school boys showering with highschool girls because the boy suddenly feels like a woman. How insane are we? If this would have been suggested ten years ago, the idea would have been ridiculed out of existence. Now, like the Emporor's New Clothes, you're considered not 'woke' if you don't agree. We may have forgotten George Orwell, but we have Douglas Murray to tell us where we're headed--and it's not good. Read this book so you can sleep at night knowing that there is still sanity in the world. Read this book so you can calmly and analytically tell your Marxist friends why they are not only wrong, but are taking us into the insane world of Communisim, something that has led to abject misery for us ever time it's tried.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Important book from a deep thinker
*by T***0 on May 11, 2021*

The author documents and analyzes the destructive descent into a type of identity driven madness which has really accelerated in our society over the past 5 years. He has 4 concisely constructed chapters dealing with race, gays, women and trans gender movement. He shows why the motive behind what we are seeing is not to improve the health of our polity and the lives of the people in these groups, but rather just Marxist tearing down of our way of life. Some of my favorite quotes : “ As anyone who has lived under totalitarianism can attest, there is something demeaning and soul destroying about being expected to go along with claims that you know not to be true.” “People looking for this movement (SJW) to wind down because of inherent contradictions will be waiting a long time” “One reason why contradiction is not enough to derail the movement is because nothing about the intersectional, social justice movement suggests that it is really interested in solving any of the problems it claims to be interested in” “The desire is not heal but to divide” “Among the many depressing aspects of recent years, perhaps the most troubling is the ease with which race has returned as an issue – bandied about by people who either can’t possibly realize the danger of the game they are playing” “The consequences of all this have not yet played out. But the response to BLM and the way in which it has overreached may yet be a return of white identity politics of exactly the type I and others have warned about” I can’t recommend this book enough.

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