The Vision of the Anointed
Hardcover edition
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| Author | Sowell, Thomas |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Social Policy |
| Genre | Economics, Philosophy |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
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1995 |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, E-book at [2] |
| Pages | 320 |
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| Preceded by | Race And Culture: A World View |
| Followed by | Knowledge and Decisions |
The Vision of the Anointed (1995) is a book by economist and political columnist Thomas Sowell which brands the anointed as promoters of a worldview concocted out of fantasy impervious to any real-world considerations. Sowell asserts that these thinkers, writers, and activists continue to be revered even in the face of evidence disproving their positions.
Sowell argues that American thought is dominated by a "prevailing vision" which seals itself off from any empirical evidence that is inconsistent with that vision.
The book challenges people Sowell refers to as "Teflon prophets," who predict that there will be future social, economic, or environmental problems in the absence of government intervention (Ralph Nader is one of his foremost examples).
The book was initially published in 1995 by Basic Books.
The title of book refers to the view of human nature that Sowell called "the unconstrained vision" in his earlier book a Conflict of Visions, and that Steven Pinker called "the utopian vision" in his book the Blank Slate.
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