{"product_id":"thought-paralysis-by-farhad-dalal-9781780490526","title":"Thought Paralysis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the enormous struggles, efforts and money expended on the equalities enterprise, why has more progress not been made? And further, why have things actually become worse in some circumstances?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is argued this has occurred because:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe values of Equality have been bureaucratised, allowing the liberal principle of \"live and let live\" to be perverted and put in the service of fear and control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Diversity discourse has been hijacked by the libertarians and put in the service of increasing profit, under the guise of liberty and inclusivity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe equality movements have become apolitical, sidetracked into the project of the indiscriminate celebration and preservation of cultures, in lieu of challenging the status quo within cultures as much as between them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe versions of psychology and sociology that the equality movements have drawn on are over simple.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe attempts to do away with judgementalism and unfair discrimination have ended up vilifying the capacities for judgment and discrimination per se.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThought Paralysis\u003c\/em\u003e walks the thin line between the apologists who deify \"difference\" and the zealots and bigots who vilify the different, to argue that to create a fairer world, we need to enhance our capacities for discrimination, not stifle them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the work is focused around equality, it has bigger things to say about the human condition and organisational life in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608198496492,"sku":"9781780490526","price":86.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/54e33d47f1aa745b6ba4477404c1d1bc.jpg?v=1778202311","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/thought-paralysis-by-farhad-dalal-9781780490526","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}