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I will keep repeating this as often as necessary: Facing Reality is not about causes of group differences. It is about their existence. https://t.co/tfOif4WUWc

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) June 29, 2021

The Disillusionment of Diversity

"Now, a quarter-century later, Murray has published another book that is also likely to be met with considerable groaning from critics prone to judge books by their covers, rather than their contents." @Que_Sais_Je_99 writes: https://t.co/ba58YiOB6v

— Chronicles Magazine (@ChroniclesMag) December 28, 2020

Twelve Books

Charles (THE BELL CURVE) Murray Inches Towards National Conservatism by John Derbyshire (Originally published at Vdare.)



The post has the other videos from the conference as well, and Derbyshire praises Amy Wax.

Robert Putnam and Charles Murray

A Lecture by Charles Murray

I missed this post at the Imaginative Conservative when it was published earlier this year: In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government



In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government
Synopsis

Review at The Freeman
Kirkus Reviews

Paul Gottfried on Class

Charles Murray’s Fatal Conceit
What’s the matter with wealthy, white Massachusetts?

As a European historian specializing in the 19th century, I’ve never been able to figure out what American journalists and politicians (not to mention academic sociologists) mean when they refer to “classes.” This term has two time-tested meanings. Either we’re talking about social groupings with legally recognized statuses which until the 19th century had certain political rights that other groups did not, or else what we mean is what Marx understood as “classes,” socio-economically dominant forces like the medieval aristocracy or the bourgeoisie that replaced them. Classes are not simply people who fall at one point or another into a particular income bracket or who buy SUVs rather than compact sedans or high-definition TVs instead of pick-up models at Kmart. It drives me absolutely nuts when I hear geeky-looking “economic experts” yapping on about how the “middle class,” that is, middle-income families or clusters of co-inhabitants, are hurting for this or that. “Middle class” used to translate as “bourgeois,” which referred to a social class of many centuries, as opposed to those who are moving up and down the income scale. The indiscriminate bandying about of the term shows how culturally ignorant we’ve become.

A former colleague of mine who teaches political theory observed that it’s now impossible to teach students about Aristotle’s conception of the family as a household. The kids get annoyed that an ancient Greek thinker held such a skewed view of family relations. It makes no sense, for example, that an aging dude was put in charge of other family members. After all, women should be wage-earners as well as make their own decision about reproductive rights. One young Brazilian exchange student went ballistic when the instructor failed to scold Aristotle for not discussing gay marriage. Isn’t this about family togetherness, the student asked, an attitude we should be praising instead of ignoring?

Charles Murray on Uncommon Knowledge

(via Jeff Culbreath)