{"title":"Charles Murray","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Murray’s works explore complex themes across \u003cem\u003escience, politics, education\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ereligion\u003c\/em\u003e, challenging readers to reconsider conventional viewpoints. His books often delve into social structures, human diversity, and cultural realities, blending empirical research with provocative analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect thoughtful examinations that engage with contemporary debates on \u003cstrong\u003epublic policy\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003esocial science\u003c\/strong\u003e. Murray’s writings invite reflection on the forces shaping society and the role of individual and collective identity within it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"coming-apart-by-charles-murray-9780307453433","title":"Coming Apart","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLosing Ground\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e is a harrowing portrait of the haves and have-nots of white America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e. A fascinating explanation for why white America has become fractured and divided in education and class, from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'll be shocked if there's another book that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society.\" - David Brooks, New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known, focusing on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of race or ethnicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on five decades of statistics and research, \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that a new upper class and a new lower class have diverged so far in core behaviours and values that they barely recognise their underlying American kinship — divergence that has nothing to do with income inequality and that has grown during good economic times and bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe top and bottom of white America increasingly live in different cultures, Murray argues, with the powerful upper class living in enclaves surrounded by their own kind, ignorant about life in mainstream America, and the lower class suffering from erosions of family and community life that strike at the heart of the pursuit of happiness. That divergence puts the success of the American project at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe evidence in \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e is about white America. Its message is about all of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342587580652,"sku":"9780307453433","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12274703482297.jpg?v=1743922347"},{"product_id":"the-bell-curve-by-charles-murray-9780684824291","title":"The Bell Curve","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e is a controversial book that explores the connection between intelligence, class, and race in modern society. It delves into what public policy can do to address socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532905763052,"sku":"9780684824291","price":71.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22487423482431.jpg?v=1749346673"},{"product_id":"facing-reality-by-charles-murray-9781641771979","title":"Facing Reality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his newest book, \u003cem\u003eFacing Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Murray fearlessly states two controversial truths about the American population: American whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians have different violent crime rates and different means and distributions of cognitive ability. If we aim to navigate public policy with wisdom and realism, these realities must be brought into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacing Reality\u003c\/i\u003e provides a powerful overview of one perspective that those who allege sweeping forms of systemic or institutional racism find all too convenient to ignore or cancel without due consideration.\" - Wilfred Reilly, \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacing Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, important book which should be widely read and discussed.\" - Amy L. Wax, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, for the \u003ci\u003eClaremont Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe charges of white privilege and systemic racism that are tearing the country apart float free of reality. Two known facts, long since documented beyond reasonable doubt, need to be brought into the open and incorporated into the way we think about public policy: American whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians have different violent crime rates and different means and distributions of cognitive ability. The allegations of racism in policing, college admissions, segregation in housing, and hiring and promotions in the workplace ignore the ways in which the problems that prompt the allegations of systemic racism are driven by these two realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat good can come of bringing them into the open? America's most precious ideal is what used to be known as the American Creed: People are not to be judged by where they came from, what social class they come from, or by race, colour, or creed. They must be judged as individuals. The prevailing Progressive ideology repudiates that ideal, demanding instead that the state should judge people by their race, social origins, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe on the centre left and centre right who are the American Creed's natural defenders have painted ourselves into a corner. We have been unwilling to say openly that different groups have significant group differences. Since we have not been willing to say that, we have been left defenceless against the claims that racism is to blame. What else could it be? We have been afraid to answer. We must. \u003cem\u003eFacing Reality\u003c\/em\u003e is a step in that direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849098383596,"sku":"9781641771979","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14709913482772.jpg?v=1759017145"},{"product_id":"human-diversity-by-charles-murray-9781538744017","title":"Human Diversity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thesis of \u003ci\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eGender is a social construct.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eRace is a social construct.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eClass is a function of privilege.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich texture that biology adds to our understanding of the social, political, and economic worlds we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a story to be feared. \"There are no monsters in the closet,\" Murray writes, \"no dread doors we must fear opening.\" But it is a story that needs telling. \u003ci\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e does so without sensationalism, drawing on the most authoritative scientific findings, celebrating both our many differences and our common humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536679747820,"sku":"9781538744017","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781538744017-human-diversity.jpg?v=1776386006"},{"product_id":"taking-religion-seriously-by-charles-murray-9781641774857","title":"Taking Religion Seriously","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Millions are like me when it comes to religion: well-educated and successful people for whom religion has been irrelevant,\" Charles Murray writes. \"For them, I think I have a story worth telling.\" \u003cem\u003eTaking Religion Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e is Murray's autobiographical account of a decades-long evolution in his stance towards the idea of God in general and Christianity specifically. He argues that religion can be approached as an intellectual exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis account moves from the improbable physics of the Big Bang to recent discoveries about the nature of consciousness; from evolutionary psychology to hypotheses about a universal Moral Law. His exploration of Christianity delves into the authorship of the Gospels, the reliability of the texts that survive, and the scholarship surrounding the Resurrection story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMurray, the author of \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e, does not write as an expert. \"If you are taking religion seriously for the first time, you face the same problem I did: We are forced to decide what we make of a wide variety of topics that we do not have the option of mastering.\" He offers his personal example of how the process works. \"Maybe God needs a way to reach over-educated agnostics and that's what I stumbled into,\" he writes. \"It's a more arid process than divine revelation but it has been rewarding. 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