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    TenMostHarmfulBooksofthe19thand20thCenturies

    05/31/2005

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    HUMANEVENTS askedapanelof15conservativescholarsandpublicpolicyleaderstohelpuscompilealistoftheTenMostHarmfulBooksofthe19thand20thCenturies.Eachpanelistnominatedanumberoftitlesandthenvotedonaballotincludingallbooksnominated.Atitlereceivedascoreof10pointsforbeinglistedNo.1byoneofourpanelists,9pointsforbeinglistedNo.2,etc.Appropriately,TheCommunistManifesto,byKarlMarxandFriedrichEngels,earnedthehighestaggregatescoreandtheNo.1listing.

    1.TheCommunistManifesto

    Authors:

KarlMarxandFreidrichEngelsPublicationdate:

1848Score:

74Summary:

MarxandEngels,borninGermanyin1818and1820,respectively,weretheintellectualgodfathersofcommunism.Engelswastheoriginallimousineleftist:

Awealthytextileheir,hefinancedMarxformuchofhislife.In1848,thetwoco-authoredTheCommunistManifestoasaplatformforagrouptheybelongedtocalledtheCommunistLeague.TheManifestoenvisionshistoryasaclassstrugglebetweenoppressedworkersandoppressiveowners,callingforaworkers’revolutionsoproperty,familyandnation-statescanbeabolishedandaproletarianUtopiaestablished.TheEvilEmpireoftheSovietUnionputtheManifestointopractice.

    2.MeinKampf

    Author:

AdolfHitlerPublicationdate:

1925-26Score:

41Summary:

MeinKampf（MyStruggle）wasinitiallypublishedintwopartsin1925and1926afterHitlerwasimprisonedforleadingNaziBrownShirtsintheso-called“BeerHallPutsch”thattriedtooverthrowtheBavariangovernment.HereHitlerexplainedhisracist,anti-SemiticvisionforGermany,layingoutaNaziprogrampointingdirectlytoWorldWarIIandtheHolocaust.HeenvisionedthemassmurderofJews,andawaragainstFrancetoprecedeawaragainstRussiatocarveout“lebensraum”（“livingroom”）forGermansinEasternEurope.Thebookwasoriginallyignored.ButnotafterHitlerrosetopower.AccordingtotheSimonWiesenthalCenter,therewere10millioncopiesincirculationby1945.

    3.QuotationsfromChairmanMao

    Author:

MaoZedongPublicationdate:

1966Score:

38Summary:

Mao,whodiedin1976,wastheleaderoftheRedArmyinthefightforcontrolofChinaagainsttheanti-CommunistforcesofChiangKai-shekbefore,duringandafterWorldWarII.Victorious,in1949,hefoundedthePeople’sRepublicofChina,enslavingtheworld’smostpopulousnationincommunism.In1966,hepublishedQuotationsfromChairmanMaoZedong,otherwiseknownasTheLittleRedBook,asatoolinthe“CulturalRevolution”helaunchedtopushtheChineseCommunistPartyandChinesesocietybackinhisideologicaldirection.AidedbycompulsorydistributioninChina,billionswereprinted.WesternleftistswereenamoredwithitsMarxistanti-Americanism.“Itisthetaskofthepeopleofthewholeworldtoputanendtotheaggressionandoppressionperpetratedbyimperialism,andchieflybyU.S.imperialism,”wroteMao.

    4.TheKinseyReport

    Author:

AlfredKinseyPublicationdate:

1948Score:

37Summary:

AlfredKinseywasazoologistatIndianaUniversitywho,in1948,publishedastudycalledSexualBehaviorintheHumanMale,commonlyknownasTheKinseyReport.Fiveyearslater,hepublishedSexualBehaviorintheHumanFemale.Thereportsweredesignedtogiveascientificglosstothenormalizationofpromiscuityanddeviancy.“Kinsey’sinitialreport,releasedin1948...stunnedthenationbysayingthatAmericanmenweresosexuallywildthat95%ofthemcouldbeaccusedofsomekindofsexualoffenseunder1940slaws,”theWashingtonTimesreportedlastyearwhenamovieonKinseywasreleased.“Thereportincludedreportsofsexualactivitybyboys--evenbabies--andsaidthat37%ofadultmaleshadhadatleastonehomosexualexperience....The1953bookalsoincludedreportsofsexualactivityinvolvinggirlsyoungerthanage4,andsuggestedthatsexbetweenadultsandchildrencouldbebeneficial.”

    5.DemocracyandEducation

    Author:

JohnDeweyPublicationdate:

1916Score:

36Summary:

JohnDewey,wholivedfrom1859until1952,wasa“progressive”philosopherandleadingadvocateforsecularhumanisminAmericanlife,whotaughtattheUniversityofChicagoandatColumbia.HesignedtheHumanistManifestoandrejectedtraditionalreligionandmoralabsolutes.InDemocracyandEducation,inpompousandopaqueprose,hedisparagedschoolingthatfocusedontraditionalcharacterdevelopmentandendowingchildrenwithhardknowledge,andencouragedtheteachingofthinking“skills”instead.HisviewshadgreatinfluenceonthedirectionofAmericaneducation--particularlyinpublicschools--andhelpednurturetheClintongeneration.

    6.DasKapital

    Author:

KarlMarxPublicationdate:

1867-1894Score:

31Summary:

Marxdiedafterpublishingafirstvolumeofthismassivebook,afterwhichhisbenefactorEngelseditedandpublishedtwoadditionalvolumesthatMarxhaddrafted.DasKapitalforcestheroundpegofcapitalismintothesquareholeofMarx’smaterialistictheoryofhistory,portrayingcapitalismasanuglyphaseinthedevelopmentofhumansocietyinwhichcapitalistsinevitablyandamorallyexploitlaborbypayingthecheapestpossiblewagestoearnthegreatestpossibleprofits.Marxtheorizedthattheinevitableeventualoutcomewouldbeglobalproletarianrevolution.Hecouldnothavepredicted21stCenturyAmerica:

afree,affluentsocietybasedoncapitalismandrepresentativegovernmentthatpeopletheworldoverenvyandseektoemulate.

    7.TheFeminineMystique

    Author:

BettyFriedanPublicationdate:

1963Score:

30Summary:

InTheFeminineMystique,BettyFriedan,bornin1921,disparagedtraditionalstay-at-homemotherhoodaslifein“acomfortableconcentrationcamp”--arolethatdegradedwomenanddeniedthemtruefulfillmentinlife.ShelaterbecamefoundingpresidentoftheNationalOrganizationforWomen.Heroriginalvocation,tellingly,wasnotstay-at-homemotherhoodbutleft-wingjournalism.AsDavidHorowitzwroteinareviewforSofBettyFriedanandtheMakingoftheFeminineMystiquebyDanielHorowitz（norelationtoDavid）:

Theauthordocumentsthat“Friedanwasfromhercollegedays,anduntilhermid-30s,aStalinistMarxist,thepoliticalintimateoftheleadersofAmerica’sColdWarfifthcolumnandforatimeeventheloverofayoungCommunistphysicistworkingonatomicbombprojectsinBerkeley’sradiationlabwithJ.RobertOppenheimer.”

    8.TheCourseofPositivePhilosophy

    Author:

AugusteComtePublicationdate:

1830-1842Score:

28Summary:

Comte,theproductofaroyalistCatholicfamilythatsurvivedtheFrenchRevolution,turnedhisbackonhispoliticalandculturalheritage,announcingasateenager,“IhavenaturallyceasedtobelieveinGod.”Later,inthesixvolumesofTheCourseofPositivePhilosophy,hecoinedtheterm“sociology.”Hedidsowhiletheorizingthatthehumanmindhaddevelopedbeyond“theology”（abeliefthatthereisaGodwhogovernstheuniverse）,through“metaphysics”（inthiscasedefinedastheFrenchrevolutionaries’relianceonabstractassertionsof“rights”withoutaGod）,to“positivism,”inwhichmanalone,throughscientificobservation,coulddeterminethewaythingsoughttobe.

    9.BeyondGoodandEvil

    Author:

FreidrichNietzschePublicationdate:

1886Score:

28Summary:

Anoft-scribbledbitofcollege-campusgraffitisays:

“‘Godisdead’--Nietzsche”followedby“‘Nietzscheisdead’--God.”Nietzsche’sprofessionthat“Godisdead”appearedinhis1882book,TheGayScience,butunder-girdedthebasicthemeofBeyondGoodandEvil,whichwaspublishedfouryearslater.HereNietzschearguedthatmenaredrivenbyanamoral“WilltoPower,”andthatsuperiormenwillsweepasidereligiouslyinspiredmoralrules,whichhedeemedasartificialasanyothermoralrules,tocraftwhateverruleswouldhelpthemdominatetheworldaroundthem.“Lifeitselfisessentiallyappropriation,injury,overpoweringofthestrangeandweaker,suppression,severity,impositionofone’sownforms,incorporationand,attheleastandmildest,exploitation,”hewrote.TheNazisloved