Human Events Online, the companion site for an American conservative weekly maagzine, has published what they consider to be the ten most harmful books of the 19th and 20th centuries.
I'll agree with their picking the communist ones and Mein Kampf and say that some of Kinsey was silly, but Feminine Mystique? Keynes? John Stuart Mill's On Liberty? Darwin? No wonder they've earned the moniker "wingnuts".
There's a bonus list at the bottom of the page: it's the 15 biggest douchebags of the 21st century.
"Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries"
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- Communist Manifesto (old and "coffee table book" editions)
- Mein Kampf (got nasty looks from librarian)
- Quotations from Chairman Mao
- Kinsey Report (and various commentaries including an old and funny LP recording)
- Das Kapital
- Feminine Mystique (handy if you wanted to hit it off with girls in university c. early '90s)
- On Liberty
- Origin of the Species
- Unsafe at any Speed
- Introduction to Psychoanalysis
- The Descent of Man
Never got around to the Nietzsche.--Margaret B. Adam
It's sad that these people think they are in any way important.
Inclusion of The Feminine Mystique, The Course of Positive Philosophy and General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money make absolutely no sense to me.
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Besides, it's therapeutic.
Surely you agree that they're waaaaay off with at least one of the books on the list -- John Stuart Mill's On Liberty perhaps?
As a librarian, I am not surprised! Living in the States these days and working in Young Adults books, has put me in the middle of a banning frenzy!
The average # of book challenges in normal times is 300/year...with a republic gov make that 900!