Includes the first edition (not the 2020 updated version) ebook (.ePub) and audiobook (.m4b).



The .m4b has all proper tags and chapters with chapter names, etc. I did not want to do a lossy conversion or split (anyone can do that themselves... I recommend foobar2000).



Same goes for the ePub. I did all tagging manually.







[AUDIBLE]







The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

By: Douglas Murray

Narrated by: Douglas Murray

Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins

Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government

Rating : 5 out of 5 stars [4.8] (4,085 ratings)





Publisher's Summary

Bloomsbury presents The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray, read by Douglas Murray.



The Sunday Times best seller



A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year



Now updated with a new afterword by the author, The Madness of Crowds examines the rise of woke culture and identity politics as the great derangement of our times



Are we living through the great derangement of our times?



In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ‘woke’ culture and the rise of identity politics. 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, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.



©2019 Douglas Murray (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc





Critic Reviews

"Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I’d just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing - or, indeed, provocative - than sanity. (Sam Harris, author of five New York Times best sellers and host of the Making Sense podcast)



"Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today." (Bernard-Henri Lévy) 



"[Murray’s] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone." (Richard Dawkins)





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[BLOOMSBURY - UK]







The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

By: Douglas Murray

Published: 17-09-2019

Format: Hardback

Edition: 1st

Extent: 288

ISBN: 9781472959959

Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum

Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm

RRP: £20.00



About The Madness of Crowds

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year



'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' – Jordan B. Peterson



'[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' – Richard Dawkins



'How can you not know about The Madness of Crowds? It's actually the book I've just finished. You can't just not read these books, not know about them.' - Tom Stoppard



In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'.



We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal – and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.



Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.



Reviews

“Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues” –  Jordan B. Peterson, bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life



“[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone. He mercilessly exposes the hypocrisy and embarrassingly blatant contradictions that run rife through the current 'woke' vogue.” –  Richard Dawkins



“Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today.” –  Bernard-Henri Lévy



“How can you not know about The Madness of Crowds? It's actually the book I've just finished. You can't just not read these books, not know about them.” –  Tom Stoppard



“Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I'd just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing – or, indeed, provocative – than sanity.” –  Sam Harris, author of five New York Times bestsellers and host of the Making Sense podcast.



“An abomination” –  Titania McGrath, author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice



“This is an author who specialises in expressing what everyone sort of knows already and is afraid to say ... well argued, well supported and well observed” –  Lionel Shriver, The Times



“Graceful and witty” –  Guardian



“Necessary and provocative” –  Evening Standard



“Impressive and lively … Murray's comprehensive survey of the prevailing madness will not persuade every reader. But it raises the real questions of our times.” –  Roger Scruton, Unherd



“Murray's book performs a great service” –  Financial Times



“Fascinating … Much of what Murray writes is pertinent and hard to disagree with” –  Sunday Times



“Murray is a superbly perceptive guide through the age of the social justice warrior” –  Daily Telegraph



“Murray's book raises urgent questions about how people should conduct themselves in today's age of “wokeness”'” –  Catholic Herald









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[AMAZON]









The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

Hardcover – September 17, 2019

by Douglas Murray  (Author)

4.7 out of 5 stars  (1,698 ratings)



#1 Best Seller in Violence in Society



The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.



In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality.



We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal--and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.



Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.



Editorial Reviews

Review

"Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I’d just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing--or, indeed, provocative--than sanity." - Sam Harris, author of five New York Times bestsellers and host of the Making Sense podcast



"Superb" - Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine



"A really important, endlessly readable, well-written work." - Madeleine Kerns, National Review



"Murray cuts through the doubt-sowing incoherence of social-justice babble to say ― eloquently ― what 95 per cent of us believe, but have been made fearful to say aloud. Read it." - Barbara Kay, National Post



"From the silly to the tragic, Murray covers the range of identititarian pathology without ever losing his cool. The result is a book that is less a political war cry than a map and compass to a strange world of shifting topographies and endless inconsistencies." - Abe Greenwald, Commentary



"Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today." - Bernard-Henri Lévy



"[A] profound meditation … The Strange Death of Europe can be a warning inspiring statesmanship, not―as the author himself expects―a eulogy for the old continent." - The American Conservative, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Timely … Murray takes a stance that few dare to … With violence erupting in Europe and America's new anti-immigration policies, this audacious work will find its readers." - Kirkus Reviews, on The Strange Death of Europe



"An enthralling account of the rise of Islamism in Europe. It’s beautifully written and cogently argued." - Christina Hoff Sommers, Politico, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Excellent and disturbing." - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner, on The Strange Death of Europe



"[A] powerful new book." - National Review, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Murray’s clear and humane exposition of the seismic changes and the abject failure of political elites to face up to them gives those not willfully blind an opportunity to see." - American Thinker, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Fascinating, brilliant, beautifully argued and deeply disturbing." - Elliot Abrams, CFR.org, on The Strange Death of Europe



"A fiery, lucid, and essential polemic." - Commentary, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Lively … Murray’s book is informed by actual reporting across the Continent, and a quality of writing that manages to be spritely and elegiac at the same time. Murray’s is also a truly liberal intellect, in that he is free from the power that taboo exerts over the European problem, but he doesn’t betray the slightest hint of atavism or mean-spiritedness." - National Review, on The Strange Death of Europe



"[A] startling, well-argued polemic." - The Federalist, on The Strange Death of Europe



"Douglas Murray has written what is probably the most important book of the last 50 years." - Townhall.com, on The Strange Death of Europe



About the Author

Douglas Murray is an author and journalist based in Britain. His latest book, The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, was published by Bloomsbury Continuum in May 2017. It spent almost 20 weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list and was a No. 1 bestseller in non-fiction. It has subsequently been published in more than 20 languages worldwide and has been read and cited by politicians around the world. The Evening Standard described it as, 'By far the most compelling political book of the year.'



Murray has been a contributor to the Spectator since 2000 and has been Associate Editor at the magazine since 2012. He has also written regularly for numerous other outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Sun, Evening Standard and the New Criterion. He is a regular contributor to National Review and has been a columnist for Standpoint magazine since its founding.



Product details

Item Weight : 1.2 pounds

Hardcover : 288 pages

ISBN-10 : 1635579988

ISBN-13 : 978-1635579987

Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum (September 17, 2019)

Product Dimensions : 6.36 x 1.07 x 9.57 inches

Language: : English

Best Sellers Rank: #347 in Books







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[GOODREADS]







The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

by Douglas Murray

4.27 stars  Rating details ·  5,082 ratings  ·  715 reviews



The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.



In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality.



We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal--and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.



Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria. 



Hardcover, 288 pages

Published: September 17th 2019 by Bloomsbury Continuum

ISBN10: 1635579988

ISBN13: 9781635579987)

Edition Language: English







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[WATERSTONES]





The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Paperback)

Douglas Murray (Aauthor)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5 stars





SYNOPSIS:



THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Updated with a new afterword by the author 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B. Peterson '[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' - Richard Dawkins Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. 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, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.





Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 

ISBN: 9781472979575 

Number of pages: 304 

Weight: 216 g 

Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm





MEDIA REVIEWS:



Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues * Jordan B. Peterson, bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life *

[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone. He mercilessly exposes the hypocrisy and embarrassingly blatant contradictions that run rife through the current 'woke' vogue. * Richard Dawkins *

How can you not know about The Madness of Crowds? It's actually the book I've just finished. You can't just not read these books, not know about them. * Tom Stoppard *

Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today. * Bernard-Henri Levy *

Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I'd just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing - or, indeed, provocative - than sanity. * Sam Harris, author of five New York Times bestsellers and host of the Making Sense podcast. *

This is an author who specialises in expressing what everyone sort of knows already and is afraid to say ... well argued, well supported and well observed * Lionel Shriver, The Times *

Graceful and witty * Guardian *

Necessary and provocative * Evening Standard *

Murray's book performs a great service * Financial Times *

Fascinating ... Much of what Murray writes is pertinent and hard to disagree with * Sunday Times *

Murray is a superbly perceptive guide through the age of the social justice warrior * Daily Telegraph *





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[BLACKWELL'S]







The Madness of Crowds Gender: Race and Identity

Douglas Murray (author)

Paperback (03 Sep 2020) | English

$13.17





Synopsis:



THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

Updated with a new afterword by the author



'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B. Peterson

'[Murray's] latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' - Richard Dawkins



Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. 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, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.





About the Publisher:



Bloomsbury Continuum is the continuation and expansion of Continuum’s trade publishing, tucked in happily under the Bloomsbury publishing umbrella. We are already benefiting from the enormous sales and marketing strengths of a much larger publishing house. We publish adult non- fiction, covering areas such as history, politics, philosophy, current affairs, religion, travel and biography. Our aim is to publish serious books for the widest audience possible. Recent bestsellers include: Jonathan Aitken’s biography: Margaret Thatcher – Power and Personality Pope Francis by Paul Vallely and The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson by Harry Mount. All these have had major serial deals in the national press. We are proud to have published and to continue to publish authors of the stature of Sir Michael Howard, former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Eamon Duffy, Christopher Booker, Roger Scruton, Timothy Radcliffe, Frank Furedi and A.C. Grayling. And now we have added a new generation of talented young writers, including Harry Mount, David Horspoool, Miles Hollingworth, Christopher Howse and John Waters, enfant terrible of the Irish media.





Book information:



ISBN: 9781472979575

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)

Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum

Pub date: 03 Sep 2020

DEWEY: 306

DEWEY edition: 23

Language: English

Sales rank: 18

Number of pages: 293

Weight: 212g

Height: 129mm

Width: 197mm

Spine width: 23mm