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Identity <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Madness+of+Crowds%3A+Gender%2C+Race+and+Identity&rft.author=%5B%5BDouglas+Murray+%28author%29%7CDouglas+Murray%5D%5D&rft.date=17+September+2019&rft.pub=%5B%5BBloomsbury+Publishing%5D%5D&rft.pages=288"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Madness_of_Crowds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/The_Madness_of_Crowds.jpg/220px-The_Madness_of_Crowds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/The_Madness_of_Crowds.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="392" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Murray_(author)" title="Douglas Murray (author)">Douglas Murray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subjects</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">Politics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a>, <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Publishing" title="Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17 September 2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (<a href="/wiki/Hardcover" title="Hardcover">Hardcover</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paperback" title="Paperback">Paperback</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">288</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-63557-998-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-63557-998-7">978-1-63557-998-7</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strange_Death_of_Europe" title="The Strange Death of Europe">The Strange Death of Europe</a> </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Text</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/themadnessofcrowdsgenderraceandidentity/The%20Madness%20of%20Crowds%20-%20Gender%2C%20Race%20and%20Identity.pdf">The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity</a></i> at Internet Archive</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity</b></i> is a 2019 book by <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservative</a> British journalist and political commentator <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Murray_(author)" title="Douglas Murray (author)">Douglas Murray</a>. It was published in September 2019. The book attracted polarized reviews. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Thesis">Thesis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Madness_of_Crowds:_Gender,_Race_and_Identity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Thesis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book examines issues of <a href="/wiki/Sexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexuality">sexual orientation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">trans identity</a>. It describes new <a href="/wiki/Culture_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture wars">culture wars</a> playing out in workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of <a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">social justice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Identity_politics" title="Identity politics">identity politics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intersectionality" title="Intersectionality">intersectionality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is an attempt to counter the prevailing views on sexuality, gender, and race. Murray is critical of <a href="/wiki/Virtue_signaling" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtue signaling">virtue signaling</a> and other aspects of 21st century progressivism: "How might somebody demonstrate virtue in this new world? By being ‘anti-racist’, clearly. By being an ‘ally’ to LGBT people, obviously. By stressing how ardent your desire is whether you are a man or a woman - to bring down the patriarchy."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murray's book is divided into four main sections which align with different identity groups: "Gay", "Women", "Race" and "Trans", with Murray arguing that modern attitudes to each have been distorted by a sense of victimhood and the negative impact of <a href="/wiki/Political_correctness" title="Political correctness">political correctness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book points to what Murray sees as a cultural shift, away from established modes of <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_ideology" class="mw-redirect" title="Political ideology">political ideology</a>, and towards a society in which various forms of <a href="/wiki/Victim_mentality" title="Victim mentality">victimhood</a> can provide markers of <a href="/wiki/Social_status" title="Social status">social status</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is divided into sections dealing with different forms of identity politics, including types of <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> identity, <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Racial_politics" title="Racial politics">racial politics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author criticises the work of French philosopher <a href="/wiki/Michel_Foucault" title="Michel Foucault">Michel Foucault</a> for what he sees as a reduction of society to a system of <a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#Foucault" title="Power (social and political)">power relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Madness_of_Crowds:_Gender,_Race_and_Identity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Madness of Crowds</i> received varying reviews from critics. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Stanley" title="Tim Stanley">Tim Stanley</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> praised the book, calling Murray "a superbly perceptive guide through the age of the <a href="/wiki/Social_justice_warrior" title="Social justice warrior">social justice warrior</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Katie Law in the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening Standard">Evening Standard</a></i> said that Murray "tackled another necessary and provocative subject with wit and bravery".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>, Eric Kaufmann said that Murray's book "performs a great service in exposing the excesses of the left-modernist faith".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conversely, <a href="/wiki/William_Davies_(political_writer)" title="William Davies (political writer)">William Davies</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> was highly critical of the book, describing it as "the bizarre fantasies of a rightwing provocateur, blind to oppression."<sup id="cite_ref-davies_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davies was particularly sceptical of Murray's notion that the social sciences, typified by thinkers like <a href="/wiki/Michel_Foucault" title="Michel Foucault">Michel Foucault</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judith_Butler" title="Judith Butler">Judith Butler</a>, had become dominated by <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a> influences, and noted the irony of Murray championing liberal values while praising the authoritarian Hungarian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n" title="Viktor Orbán">Viktor Orbán</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-davies_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_Literary_Supplement" title="The Times Literary Supplement">The Times Literary Supplement</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Eagleton" title="Terry Eagleton">Terry Eagleton</a> was also critical, likening the book's polemic to "a history of conservatism which views it almost entirely through the lens of upper-class louts smashing up Oxford restaurants."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michael Laver on <i><a href="/wiki/Society_(journal)" title="Society (journal)">Society</a></i> characterizes the book as a litany of complaints from an older generation of liberal thinkers against a new generation that is replacing them, in a process Laver regards as natural.<sup id="cite_ref-Laver_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laver-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Laver, rising intolerance is not a characteristic of a left or right outlook, but of the Internet as a venue. He criticises Murray for failing to explore the reasons for this, writing, "The problem, of course, is that to write off your opponents as 'mad,' 'bad' or 'deranged' means giving up any attempt to understand them. And giving up any attempt to understand people who disagree with you means that you will lose the argument."<sup id="cite_ref-Laver_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laver-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Madness_of_Crowds:_Gender,_Race_and_Identity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaufmann2019" class="citation news cs1">Kaufmann, Eric (11 October 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ft.com/content/f79a4b38-d961-11e9-9c26-419d783e10e8">"The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray — slay the dragon, then stop"</a>. <i>Financial Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Financial+Times&rft.atitle=The+Madness+of+Crowds+by+Douglas+Murray+%E2%80%94+slay+the+dragon%2C+then+stop&rft.date=2019-10-11&rft.aulast=Kaufmann&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcontent%2Ff79a4b38-d961-11e9-9c26-419d783e10e8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Madness+of+Crowds%3A+Gender%2C+Race+and+Identity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Madness of Crowds</i>, (London & New York: Bloomsbury, 2019), p 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurray2019" class="citation book cs1">Murray, Douglas (2019). <i>The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity</i> (1st ed.). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Madness+of+Crowds+by+Douglas+Murray+review+%E2%80%93+why+identity+politics+has+gone+too+far&rft.date=2019-09-19&rft.au=Lionel+Shriver&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fthe-madness-of-crowds-by-douglas-murray-review-we-need-to-talk-about-identity-politics-gkpvq72mp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Madness+of+Crowds%3A+Gender%2C+Race+and+Identity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKearns2018" class="citation web cs1">Kearns, Madeleine (6 September 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/douglas-murray-book-the-madness-of-crowds-gender-race-and-identity/">"Douglas Murray Interview: 'The Madness of Crowds' Author on Gender, Race & Identity"</a>. 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