What sweet revenge this book must have provided feminists, sceptics of academe, and Ms. Harris. It was based on an article she wrote for The Psychological Review, an article for which she received The George A Miller Award. The irony is that this same George Miller kicked her out of Harvard's Psychology Department 37 years earlier because he didn't think she would amount to much. We all know that children are a product of nature and nurture. It is the nurture part of the equation that Harris attacks.
Conventional wisdom assumes that nurture is the parents' influence.
I predict it will come to be seen as a turning point in the history of psychology. Like Darwin, Harris provides a simple idea of vast explanatory power. You'll never see the world the same after reading this book. You'll probably want to send a copies to their children. About The Author Quicken.