The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values
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ISBN: 0679438173 / Publisher: Knopf, February 1995
Contrasts the Victorian system of virtues with the opportunistic, superficial morality of modern society
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Gertrude Himmelfarb, like so many Americans, is appalled by crime, drug addiction, illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, illegitimacy and welfare dependency. The solution she proposes, in this follow-up to her much-praised On Looking into the Abyss, is as simple as it is radical - and has the further advantage of solid historical substantiation. We must look back on the Victorians with open minds; they must cease to irk us. And then, Himmelfarb hopes, we can begin to learn from them.
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