Introduction; 1: A Clear and Present Danger; Attacks from the Left; 2: The Roots of Illiberal Liberalism; 3: The IQ Wars; 4: Anatomy Is Destiny; 5: Unmapped Country: * Genetic Influences on Behavior; Attacks from the Right; 6: Keeping Sex a Mystery; 7: Just Say No; 8: The War Against Social Science Research; Attacks from Points in Between; 9: The Assault on Memory Research; 10: Harming Harm-Reduction Research; 11: Unhand That Rat, You Rat!; 12: A Miscellany of Assaults on Research
Morton Hunt
-There is a great deal of substance in Hunt's book. . . . The
bibliography is extensive and lists large, well-funded studies
directed by prominent researchers. The cases cited fit into a
historical and socially meaningful context that gives them
particular power. . . . Scientists will find The New Know-Nothings
engaging as they recognize all-too-familiar scenarios of research
opposition. . . . Readers will charge through this book, as the
author did in writing it, powered by an adrenalin rush, either
agreeing vehemently or protesting with outrage. Then they will
eagerly await a sequel: The New Know-It-Alls.- --Jerilee Grandy,
The Journal of Higher Education -Morton Hunt, an author,
social-science journalist and sometimes academic, argues that
attacks on social scientists are intensifying. . . . [T]he book
consists of detailed accounts of ideologically motivated assaults
from all sides of the political spectrum on reputable researchers
studying human nature.- --Malcolm J. Sherman, American Scientist
-The book is about the politics of social and behavioral science
research; and though it is directed at the general reader, it has
important lessons to teach the sociologist.- --J. Richard Udry,
Contemporary Sociology -This book addresses 'political interference
in social science research' that, in the author's view, has become
'increasingly and alarmingly common, ' offering analysis of the
causes and then documenting this phenomenon in a number of specific
areas. Responding to excessive political correctness, the author
asserts that those who protest and often successfully prevent
research in the social sciences 'believe it is their right to
prevent scientists from conducting any inquiry likely to yield
knowledge that might challenge their cherished beliefs.' He
acknowledges that scientific repression has long historical
precedent and subscribes fully to informed consent and other
methodological constraints, but he nevertheless argues that
research freedom is paramount and has been seriously compromised by
capitulation to activists at all points on the political spectrum.
. . . Panels of scientists nad ethicists might prove
recommendations for minimizing harm, but, he maintains, it is
science, not censorship, that should revise science.- --American
Journal of Public Health -Morton Hunt's latest book is an
astonishing but impeccably researched description of modern-day
attempts to halt scientific research. . . . He believes we are in a
time of unprecedented interference in the scientific enterprise, in
which any activist group with a bone to pick can protest, lobby,
intimidate, and harass to the point where research is either not
done at all or the researcher's professional reputation is
irreparably damaged. . . . Hunt's book should be required reading
for scientists of any specialty. We need to understand the
increasingly politicized environment in which modern research takes
place to better prepare our intellectual defense of what we do and
more clearly articulate the benefits of research to our fellow
citizens.- --Barry Fagin, Knowledge, Technology, & Policy -The
impulse to pursue knowledge is a fundamental human trait; so is the
impulse to suppress it. In today's Information Age, efforts to
suppress information continue unabated, according to Morton Hunt,
author of The New Knew-Nothings. . . . Those who . . . read Hunt's
book will be rewarded by his insightful descriptions of highly
complex and controversial subjects as well as by his enlightened
and passionate defense of intellectual freedom.- --Cynthia G.
Wagner, The Futurist -Hunt describes many dozens of attacks on the
behavioral sciences, emanating from the Left, Right, and center of
the political spectrum. . . . The attackers usually have
ideological stakes. . . . Hunt presents one highly detailed example
after another of ideologues making war against science, until the
sheer volume make his case that science is under attack on many
fronts.- --Carl Grafton, Perspectives on Political Science
"There is a great deal of substance in Hunt's book. . . . The
bibliography is extensive and lists large, well-funded studies
directed by prominent researchers. The cases cited fit into a
historical and socially meaningful context that gives them
particular power. . . . Scientists will find The New Know-Nothings
engaging as they recognize all-too-familiar scenarios of research
opposition. . . . Readers will charge through this book, as the
author did in writing it, powered by an adrenalin rush, either
agreeing vehemently or protesting with outrage. Then they will
eagerly await a sequel: The New Know-It-Alls." --Jerilee Grandy,
The Journal of Higher Education "Morton Hunt, an author,
social-science journalist and sometimes academic, argues that
attacks on social scientists are intensifying. . . . [T]he book
consists of detailed accounts of ideologically motivated assaults
from all sides of the political spectrum on reputable researchers
studying human nature." --Malcolm J. Sherman, American Scientist
"The book is about the politics of social and behavioral science
research; and though it is directed at the general reader, it has
important lessons to teach the sociologist." --J. Richard Udry,
Contemporary Sociology "This book addresses 'political interference
in social science research' that, in the author's view, has become
'increasingly and alarmingly common, ' offering analysis of the
causes and then documenting this phenomenon in a number of specific
areas. Responding to excessive political correctness, the author
asserts that those who protest and often successfully prevent
research in the social sciences 'believe it is their right to
prevent scientists from conducting any inquiry likely to yield
knowledge that might challenge their cherished beliefs.' He
acknowledges that scientific repression has long historical
precedent and subscribes fully to informed consent and other
methodological constraints, but he nevertheless argues that
research freedom is paramount and has been seriously compromised by
capitulation to activists at all points on the political spectrum.
. . . Panels of scientists nad ethicists might prove
recommendations for minimizing harm, but, he maintains, it is
science, not censorship, that should revise science." --American
Journal of Public Health "Morton Hunt's latest book is an
astonishing but impeccably researched description of modern-day
attempts to halt scientific research. . . . He believes we are in a
time of unprecedented interference in the scientific enterprise, in
which any activist group with a bone to pick can protest, lobby,
intimidate, and harass to the point where research is either not
done at all or the researcher's professional reputation is
irreparably damaged. . . . Hunt's book should be required reading
for scientists of any specialty. We need to understand the
increasingly politicized environment in which modern research takes
place to better prepare our intellectual defense of what we do and
more clearly articulate the benefits of research to our fellow
citizens." --Barry Fagin, Knowledge, Technology, & Policy "The
impulse to pursue knowledge is a fundamental human trait; so is the
impulse to suppress it. In today's Information Age, efforts to
suppress information continue unabated, according to Morton Hunt,
author of The New Knew-Nothings. . . . Those who . . . read Hunt's
book will be rewarded by his insightful descriptions of highly
complex and controversial subjects as well as by his enlightened
and passionate defense of intellectual freedom." --Cynthia G.
Wagner, The Futurist "Hunt describes many dozens of attacks on the
behavioral sciences, emanating from the Left, Right, and center of
the political spectrum. . . . The attackers usually have
ideological stakes. . . . Hunt presents one highly detailed example
after another of ideologues making war against science, until the
sheer volume make his case that science is under attack on many
fronts." --Carl Grafton, Perspectives on Political Science
"There is a great deal of substance in Hunt's book. . . . The
bibliography is extensive and lists large, well-funded studies
directed by prominent researchers. The cases cited fit into a
historical and socially meaningful context that gives them
particular power. . . . Scientists will find The New Know-Nothings
engaging as they recognize all-too-familiar scenarios of research
opposition. . . . Readers will charge through this book, as the
author did in writing it, powered by an adrenalin rush, either
agreeing vehemently or protesting with outrage. Then they will
eagerly await a sequel: The New Know-It-Alls." --Jerilee Grandy,
The Journal of Higher Education "Morton Hunt, an author,
social-science journalist and sometimes academic, argues that
attacks on social scientists are intensifying. . . . [T]he book
consists of detailed accounts of ideologically motivated assaults
from all sides of the political spectrum on reputable researchers
studying human nature." --Malcolm J. Sherman, American Scientist
"The book is about the politics of social and behavioral science
research; and though it is directed at the general reader, it has
important lessons to teach the sociologist." --J. Richard Udry,
Contemporary Sociology "This book addresses 'political interference
in social science research' that, in the author's view, has become
'increasingly and alarmingly common, ' offering analysis of the
causes and then documenting this phenomenon in a number of specific
areas. Responding to excessive political correctness, the author
asserts that those who protest and often successfully prevent
research in the social sciences 'believe it is their right to
prevent scientists from conducting any inquiry likely to yield
knowledge that might challenge their cherished beliefs.' He
acknowledges that scientific repression has long historical
precedent and subscribes fully to informed consent and other
methodological constraints, but he nevertheless argues that
research freedom is paramount and has been seriously compromised by
capitulation to activists at all points on the political spectrum.
. . . Panels of scientists nad ethicists might prove
recommendations for minimizing harm, but, he maintains, it is
science, not censorship, that should revise science." --American
Journal of Public Health "Morton Hunt's latest book is an
astonishing but impeccably researched description of modern-day
attempts to halt scientific research. . . . He believes we are in a
time of unprecedented interference in the scientific enterprise, in
which any activist group with a bone to pick can protest, lobby,
intimidate, and harass to the point where research is either not
done at all or the researcher's professional reputation is
irreparably damaged. . . . Hunt's book should be required reading
for scientists of any specialty. We need to understand the
increasingly politicized environment in which modern research takes
place to better prepare our intellectual defense of what we do and
more clearly articulate the benefits of research to our fellow
citizens." --Barry Fagin, Knowledge, Technology, & Policy "The
impulse to pursue knowledge is a fundamental human trait; so is the
impulse to suppress it. In today's Information Age, efforts to
suppress information continue unabated, according to Morton Hunt,
author of The New Knew-Nothings. . . . Those who . . . read Hunt's
book will be rewarded by his insightful descriptions of highly
complex and controversial subjects as well as by his enlightened
and passionate defense of intellectual freedom." --Cynthia G.
Wagner, The Futurist "Hunt describes many dozens of attacks on the
behavioral sciences, emanating from the Left, Right, and center of
the political spectrum. . . . The attackers usually have
ideological stakes. . . . Hunt presents one highly detailed example
after another of ideologues making war against science, until the
sheer volume make his case that science is under attack on many
fronts." --Carl Grafton, Perspectives on Political Science
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