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In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society – from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women – Murray's penetrating book clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781635579987","publication_date":"20190917","publisher":"Bloomsbury","slug":"the-madness-of-crowds","subtitle":"Gender, Race and Identity","title":"The Madness of Crowds"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"SOC026040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Social Theory","score":0.7552,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POL042020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Conservatism & Liberalism","score":0.7488,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POL042040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Radical Politics","score":0.7474,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"SOC026040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Social Theory","score":0.7552,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POL042020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Conservatism & Liberalism","score":0.7488,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POL042040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Radical Politics","score":0.7474,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"POL032000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Political Writing","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"POL039000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Censorship & Free Speech","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"POL042020","confidence_band":"high","label":"Conservatism & Liberalism","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Social Theory","score":0.7552,"slug":"social-theory"},{"label":"Conservatism & Liberalism","score":0.7488,"slug":"conservatism-liberalism"},{"label":"Radical Politics","score":0.7474,"slug":"radical-politics"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in critiques of woke culture and identity politics","Readers exploring debates about sexuality, gender, technology, and race"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Jesse Watters"],"book_id":"9780063252035","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063252035.jpg?v=7023fcf988281bd2","score":0.6673,"title":"Get It Together","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780063252035"},{"authors":["Gad Saad"],"book_id":"9781684512294","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781684512294.jpg?v=3a7cf698f4264de8","score":0.6637,"title":"The Parasitic Mind","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781684512294"},{"authors":["Max Fisher","Peter Ganim","Little, Brown & Company"],"book_id":"9780316703307","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780316703307.jpg?v=64d43913b3b79f77","score":0.6488,"title":"The Chaos Machine","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780316703307"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:culture war"],"label":"Culture","score":0.0449,"slug":"culture"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:partisan politics"],"label":"Politics","score":0.0364,"slug":"politics"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Woke culture, Identity politics, Contemporary debates on gender and race.","Themes: Culture, Politics.","Reading lane: Social Theory and Conservatism & Liberalism."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.88,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in critiques of woke culture and identity politics","Readers exploring debates about sexuality, gender, technology, and race"],"themes":["Woke culture","Identity politics","Contemporary debates on gender and race"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":17385,"goodreads_reviews_count":1967,"quality_score":0.9624}}