by Lyle H. Rossiter; Jr.; M.D.
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Are Liberals Out of Their Minds? Why do modern liberals think and act as they do? The radical left's politics and its destructive effects on our basic freedoms have provoked many to speculate on what makes these people tick. The Liberal Mind answers the question. This book is the first systematic analysis of the political madness that now threatens to destroy the West's greatest achievement: the American dream of civilized liberty. In his penetrating analysis, Dr. Rossiter reveals modern liberalism's assaults on: The freedom of adults to make good lives for themselves by cooperating with others, The ability of families to raise children to be self-reliant and mutual, and The morals, rights and laws that protect our freedoms. Modern liberalism's irrationality can only be understood as the product of psychopathology. So extravagant are the patterns of thinking, emoting, behaving and relating that characterize the liberal mind that its relentless protests and demands become understandable only as disorders of the psyche. The Liberal Mind reveals the madness of the modern liberal for what it is: a massive transference neurosis acted out in the world's political arenas, with devastating effects on the institutions of liberty.
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 Excellent Book for Raising Children - It's More Than Just Political Treatise, 2008-08-27
It's too bad this book had to be marketed as a political treatise because it covers all aspects of proper child rearing and normal and abnormal adult behavior in the context of liberal and conservative values. The book is well organized and very understandable, even to a non psychologist. It summarizes and repeats frequently to maintain the thought structure so that new ideas are easily integrated into existing knowledge. It pulls no surprises - it tells you what you already know, it just reorganizes normal knowledge and behavior into understandable cause and effect relationships. It is frightening to see where this country and the world are heading - there are many obvious effects, but the causes are obscured and the first cause is a major area of dispute. However the position that "If it's going to be, it's up to me" (which is the Conservative value advocated in this book) can be clearly differentiated from the popular current Liberal thinking that "Everything that isn't exactly the way I want it, is somebody else's fault." This book points out the disastrous long term consequences of depending on somebody else (namely the government) to cure our problems. The author states that politicians see the ills of society, poverty, illness, unemployment, etc., and they attempt to cure them from a central government level. The author claims that is this action actually increases the problem, because it develops more and more dependance on government, instead of developing our own skills to provide our sustenance. We are beginning to see these consequences in terms of family disruptions, increasing crime, and loss of jobs. This author knows what is going on in this country and the world, and presents an excellent description of what is happening, but it is my opinion that nature will have to take its course, and we will have to get very hungry before we learn what we are doing wrong. This book is an excellent guide on how to raise kids in an environment of trust, dependability, and predictability, so that they will become independent and productive citizens and not excessively dependent on the government or others for their sustenance.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Splendiferous, 2008-06-08
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2KD6RDL1JGD7I Bernard Chapin here and The Liberal Mind is one of the best books I've read this year. Absolutely amazing but you should know it's psychology first and politics second.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Amazing Analysis Confirms What You Always Thought, 2008-06-01
Dr. Rossiter's book is well written and painstakingly researched. The points contained within will help you to understand the America in which we live today and why modern "liberals" behave the way they do.
This is a must read book.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 A flawed view of freedom, 2008-05-17
Aside from beginning with a flawed view of freedom ("...with no constraints on freedom, order rapidly descends into chaos..."), Rossiter makes many outstanding observations about modern liberalism's orders-of-magnitude more flawed definition of freedom. As well, he clearly (if dryly) demonstrated the irrational, even hysterical, mindset of contemporary liberals.
Rossiter, like so many others, only touches on the point that the nature of problem is philosophical, and that the basis of modern liberalism is steeped in the extreme irrationality of post-modernism.
A good companion read would be Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism".
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 Very interesting...but be advised, 2008-05-02
I thought this was an overblown title for what would be a fairly light treatment of liberal hysteria. Instead it is a very in-depth look at what the author firmly believes is a case of defective thinking.
If you are a serious student of the human mind with a good grounding in psychology this is a fascinating read. If you are not, it may be tough going.
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