That sounds like an interesting book. Does he come at the problem from a left-wing or right-wing perspective? In my experience, academic leftism is seen as mor

That sounds like an interesting book. Does he come at the problem from a left-wing or right-wing perspective? In my experience, academic leftism is seen as more of a social obligation than a set of deeply-held beliefs. (There are, of course, many exceptions). This, of course, is one of the reasons that I hate to socialise with my fellow academics.