AFA’s July Book Discussion Group: Thomas Sowell’s Conflict of Visions

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Thursday, July 25th at 7PM

Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel

AFA’s July Book Discussion Group

Thomas Sowell’s

A Conflict of Visions:
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

 Many years ago, when I found, much to my horror, that I seemed to be a conservative, this is the book that helped me not only accept that discovery, but in fact embrace it wholeheartedly.  Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant thinkers of our age, and I was overjoyed to find myself on the side of thinking this profound and analyses so insightful.  From the Amazon description:

Thomas Sowell’s classic analysis of the opposing visions behind today’s ethical and ideological disputes

Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. This revised edition of a classic analyzes the centuries-long debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power. It distinguishes between those with the “constrained” vision, which sees human nature as enduring and self-centered, and the “unconstrained” vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a compelling case that these opposing visions are behind the ethical and ideological disputes of yesterday and today.

For more information about the book, you can watch Peter Robinson’s conversation with Thomas Sowell on A Conflict of Visions or read this AEI review here.  

Please note that this is an INFORMAL discussion group and unfortunately Dr. Sowell will NOT be present, much as we’d like him to be.

We’ll get together at the outside bar area of the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel on Thursday, July 25th at 7 PM.    And even if you haven’t had the chance to read or finish the book, join us anyway for what is sure to be a fun and informative evening!

We hope to see you there!

AFA’s Heroes of Conscience Awards Dinner

August 18th at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City 

Honoring AFA President Dr. Karen Siegemund and Freedom X President William Becker
With Katie Hopkins as the evening’s Keynote Speaker and Bill Whittle as Master of Ceremonies

Tickets available here

Call us at 818-262-7563 or email for sponsorship information, or information about group discounts.

VIDEOS AVAILABLE from
AFA’s Recent Conference
The Long March Through the Institutions

 

The conference had a speaker’s roster that was truly second to none. 
 

David Horowitz – -David Horowitz Freedom Center, author of numerous books including, most recently, DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America
Trevor Loudon – AFA Fellow, author, fimmaker, The Enemies Within
Michael Walsh – author, The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West
Brent Bozell – founder and President of the Media Research Center
Stephen Coughlin – attorney, former member of Intelligence Directorate at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, author of Catastrophic Failure  Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad, founder/president of Unconstrained Analytics.
RIchard Higgins – former director for strategic planning on the National Security Council
Jim Simpson – author, The Red Green Axis
Lance Izumi – Koret Senior Fellow at Pacific Research Institute, author, The Corrupt Classroom
Larry Sand – President, California Teachers’ Empowerment Network
Rebecca Friedrichs – activist, author, Standing Up to Goliath
Pete Peterson – Dean, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
William Voegeli –  Senior Editor, Claremont Review of Books
Barak Lurie – author, Atheism Kills
Peter Wood – President, National Association of Scholars
Bill Whittle – commentator, director, author
Larry Greenfield – Fellow of Claremont Institute, member of AFA Advisory Council
Mike Gonzalez – Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D – President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
John Sullivan – writer, director, producer (Obama’s America, Gosnell, among many others)The speaker’s list still takes my breath away!
All the videos are available on our YouTube channel here.
Watch, share, and let us know your favorites!
 
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