The Reading Octagon
Cover of The Madness of Crowds

The Madness of Crowds

by Douglas Murray

A cultural critique examining contemporary social justice movements around gender, race, and identity. It contends that a new orthodoxy has replaced reasoned debate with a quasi-religious fervor, analyzing how victimhood and grievance have become sources of social power and public spectacle.

Buy on Amazon (opens in a new tab; affiliate link)

Other formats: Kindle (opens in a new tab) · Audiobook on Audible (opens in a new tab)

Affiliate links: buying through them may earn the site a commission at no extra cost to you.

Ranked #91 of 1942 · 288 pages · Published 2019

Mentioned 9× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 9 episodes, most recently on Apr 22, 2022.

Fight Record

Every episode where this book came up, newest first. Timestamps are approximate; each mention links to its source.

  1. #1807Douglas Murray

    Mentioned by Douglas Murray · 00:12:22 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  2. #1754Suzanne Santo

    Mentioned by Suzanne Santo · 01:03:22 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  3. #1695Andrew Schulz

    Mentioned by Andrew Schulz · 02:11:59 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  4. #1679Adam Curry

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · 01:51:32 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  5. #1544Tim Dillon

    Mentioned by Tim Dillon · 01:56:49 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  6. #1538Douglas Murray

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · 00:10:24 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co), Official episode description (podcast RSS)

  7. #1526Ali Macofsky

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · 01:58:11 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  8. #1509Abigail Shrier

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · 00:56:21 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

  9. #1358Ari Shaffir, Bert Kreischer & Tom Segura

    Mentioned by Ari Shaffir, Bert Kreischer & Tom Segura · 01:06:44 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)

Topics

More on these topics

Data last updated · Report a mistake · How it works: mentions are pulled from public transcripts and episode descriptions, partly with AI-assisted extraction, so details and timestamps can be off.

Book data: ISBN 9781635579987. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.