The Real Threat
An Essay on Samuel Huntington
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3863995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amitai Etzioni (0000-0002-2324-5890, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 477-485 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009430610503400511 |
| OpenAlex | W2008663486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Examining the most recent book by Samuel Huntington, Wlho Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity, raises a question that applies to similar publications, like The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Charles Murray: How should such books be reviewed? Who Are We? is one of a small number of volumes that look like works of social science and have the appearance of scholarship but actually appeal to, reinforce, and help to legitimate one form of prejudice or another. Some of these works, we shall see, merely agitate against democratic forms of government; others reflect various anti-feelings-anti-Black, Mexican (and more generally immigrants), or Muslim (and more generally foreigners)-just as certain films seem at first glance to be works of art but actually appeal to prurient interests. Should one treat such works the
Criminology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · History · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |