Spoilt Rotten by Theodore Dalrymple

Spoilt Rotten by Theodore Dalrymple

In this perceptive and witty book, Theodore Dalrymple unmasks the hidden sentimentality that is suffocating public life. Under the multiple guises of raising children well, caring for the underprivileged, assisting the less able and doing good generally, we are achieving quite the opposite-for the single purpose of feeling good about ourselves. Dalrymple takes the reader on both an entertaining and at times shocking journey through social, political, popular and literary issues as diverse as child tantrums, aggression, educational reform, honour killings, sexual abuse, Che Guevara, Eric Segal, Romeo and Juliet, the McCanns, public emotions and the role of suffering, and shows the perverse results when we abandon logic in favour of the cult of feeling. Drawing on his long experience of working with thousands of criminals and the mentally disturbed, Dalrymple proves that we can only hope to make a difference - if we start with thinking well.

"[A] taboo-shattering, sacred cow-slaughtering, myth-destroying little gem of a book' Dominic Lawson"

Theodore Dalrymple is the pseudonym of Dr Anthony Daniels, a former prison doctor in Birmingham. He writes frequently for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and the Spectator where he had a column. This is his seventh book.

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ISBN 13	9781906142612
ISBN 10	1906142610
Titel	Spoilt Rotten
Autor	Theodore Dalrymple
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Gibson Square Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-08-19
Seitenanzahl	244
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