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Groupthink : A Study in Self Delusion by Christopher Booker (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101399417320
ISBN-139781399417327
eBay Product ID (ePID)3065346016
Product Key Features
Book TitleGroupthink : a Study in Self Delusion
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial, Sociology / General, Commentary & Opinion, Political
Publication Year2024
GenrePhilosophy, Political Science, Social Science
AuthorChristopher Booker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
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Reviews"Parts of the book will please half the population and the other half of the book will infuriate the other half of the population. That is evidence of success for the final polemical book by Christopher Booker." -- The Rt Hon Frank Field
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal302.3
Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: The Rules of Groupthink PART I: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - A FIRST CAST STUDY 1 The Origins of Political Correctness 2 Hatred and Make-Believe Rule, OK? 3 The Real Nature of 'Political Correctness' PART II: GROUPTHINK AND TIMES OF CHANGE - A DETOUR INTO HISTORY 4 Times of Change: How Dreams become Nightmares 5 The 'Fantasy Cycle' and the 'Swinging Sixties' 6 Groupthink and the 'European Project' 7 Global Warming 8 The Strange Story of Darwinism A Conclusion by Richard North Afterword by Nicholas Booker Index
SynopsisIn Groupthink , his final book, the late, eminent journalist and bestselling author Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today. With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose 'newspeak' the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable - and worrying - effects of 'groupthink', and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink: the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an 'in group'; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable. He shows how various interest groups, journalists and even governments in the twenty-first century have subscribed to this way of thinking, with deeply disturbing results. As Booker shows, such behaviour has led to a culture of fear, heralded by countless examples throughout history, from Revolutionary Russia to Napoleonic France and Hitler's Germany. In the present moment it has caused countless errors in judgement and the division of society into highly polarised, oppositional factions. As Booker argues, only by examining its underlying causes can we understand the sinister power of groupthink which permeates all aspects of our lives., In Groupthink , his final book, the late, eminent journalist and bestselling author Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today. With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose 'newspeak' the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable - and worrying - effects of 'groupthink', and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink: the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an 'in group'; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable. He shows how various interest groups, journalists and even governments in the twenty-first century have subscribed to this way of thinking, with deeply disturbing results. As Booker shows, such behaviour has led to a culture of fear, heralded by countless examples throughout history, from Revolutionary Russia to Napoleonic France and Hitler's Germany. In the present moment it has caused countless errors in judgement and the division of society into highly polarised, oppositional factions. From the behaviour of the controversial Rhodes Must Fall movement to the sacking of James Damore of Google, society's attitudes towards gender equality, the Iraq war and the 'European Dream', careers and lives have been lost as those in the 'in-group' police society with their new form of puritanism. As Booker argues, only by examining its underlying causes can we understand the sinister power of groupthink which permeates all aspects of our lives.
LC Classification NumberHM746.B6 2024
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