10 Books that Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help

Product Description
You’ve heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites.
From Machiavelli's
The Prince to Alfred Kinsey’s
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, from Karl Marx's
Communist Manifesto to Margaret Mead’s
Coming of Age in Samoa, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, the breakdown of the family, and disastrous social experiments.
And yet the toxic ideas peddled in these books are more popular and pervasive than ever. In fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it.
Fortunately, Professor Benjamin Wiker is ready with an antidote, exposing the beguiling errors in each of these evil books.
Witty, learned, and provocative,
10 Books That Screwed Up the World provides a quick education in the worst ideas in human history and explains how we can avoid them in the future.
About the Author
Benjamin Wiker, a husband and the father of seven children, holds a Ph.D. in theological ethics from Vanderbilt University. He has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary’s University, and Thomas Aquinas College and is now a professor of political science and the director of human life studies at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. His twelve books include
10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor,
The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know, and
Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion.