Is A conflict of visions (1987) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 27 / 100 (CHUD-leaning (right-wing)). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Book by Thomas Sowell, 1987.
10 votes: 30% WOKE, 70% CHUD.
Why: Sowell critique of left-wing ideology and visions
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts which endure for generations or for centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. This book maintains that the enduring political controversies of the past two centuries reflect radically different assumptions about the nature of man. The very meaning of such words as "freedom," "equality," "rights," and "power" is drastically different in the context of different visions of man. Issues as diverse as criminal justice, income distribution, or war and peace repeatedly show those with one vision lining up on one side and those with another lining up on the other. The varied writings of such landmark figures as Adam Smith, Ed…