TY - BOOK AU - Murray,Douglas TI - The madness of crowds: gender, race and identity SN - 9781472959959 (hbk.) : AV - HM1216 U1 - 306 MUR 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Continuum KW - Political correctness KW - Social justice KW - Sociology KW - Philosophy KW - Society KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - In his devastating book 'The Madness of Crowds,' Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'ntersectionality'. We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting ER -