Theodore Dalrymple challenges the modern concept of "prejudice against prejudice" in his beautifully written new book, In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas, with his usual wry and concise style. As in his previous books, Dalrymple puts his finger on an essential defect in modern popular thought that has left us seriously lacking in our ability to deal with reality as it is..continued
Friday, November 16, 2007
In Praise of Prejudice
Rebecca Bynum, at New English Review, reviews Theodore Dalrymple's latest: