The Road to Equality: Evolution and Social Reality

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This treatise suggests a new road to the classless society. Dr Itzkoff draws upon fact, not fantasy or ideology, in dealing with one of the major international problems of the 21st century, that of human differences and inequality. "The Road to Equality" offers a dissident but altruistic view of man's potential, employing a reasoning and iconclastic spirit in its arguments.

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," . . A very broad-based and philosophic perspective informed by up-to-date research in mental testing, human genetics, and sociobiology in the light of modern thought about human evolution."-Arthur R. Jensen Professor of Educational Psychology University of California, Berkeley
"must compliment [Itzkoff on his] courage to question assumptions that have taken on an axiomatic status and say things that need to be said . . . An excellent job of telling the emperor that he's standing naked before the masses."-Walter E. Williams John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics George Mason University
"A brave and honest journey to the frontier in an area which is not only little-mapped, but which travellers are positively discouraged from entering."-Peter Brimelow Senior Editor, Forbes
"An erudite, closely reasoned, enormously readable ramble through history, biology, evolution, IQ studies and quite a lot more, by a scholar who fears that America is slipping because its people are not intelligent enough--to name just one of the book's many politically incorrect' themes."-Daniel Seligman Columnist, Fortune Magazine
"In order to appreciate [Itzkoff's] work readers should first of all throw their prejudices overboard, and try to look at the facts without wanting to punish the messenger because they do not like the message!"-H.J. Eysenck, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of London
"Prof. Itzkoff sets off into intellectual regions where the map clearly says "here be dragons," and it is a fascinating trip."-Charles Murray The American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC
"The long season of hypocrisy has given us no workable solutions. May this book inaugurate a new season of constructive truth."-Edward N. Luttwak Arleigh Burke Professor Strategy Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC

Author Bio

SEYMOUR W. ITZKOFF was trained in music, philosophy of science, and educational theory. He has been a professor at Smith College since 1965. Author of twelve books, he recently completed a four-part series on the evolution of human intelligence, which has elicited much praise as well as controversy. In 1991 Itzkoff authored Human Intelligence and National Power (Peter Lang). He is also the author of Ernst Cassirer: Scientific Knowledge and the Concept of Man (1971), Emanuel Feuermann, Virtuoso (1979), and How We Learn to Read (1986).