10 Books That Screwed Up the World

And 5 Others That Didn't Help - 9781596980556

USA - MAIN LIBRARY - CULTURE (May 03, 2008)

CB 245 .W527

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256 pages | 6 x 9 inch | USA | English

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Dewey 909.09821

LC Classification CB245 .W527 2008

LC Control No. 2008017449

Genre

Regnery Publishing,2008
WASHINGTON, DC

Subject

Books And Reading
Civilization, Western
Literature/ History And Criticism

Plot

Presents interpretations of fifteen pivotal works of Western culture and argues that the unmerited influence of such authors as Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and Betty Friedan has had a detrimental effect on the values of modern life.

Contents: Introduction: Ideas have consequences --
Part I: Preliminary screw-ups. The prince ; Discourse on method ; Leviathan ; Discourse on the origin and foundations of inequality among men --
Part II: Ten big screw-ups. The manifesto of the Communist Party ; Utilitarianism ; The descent of man ; Beyond good and evil ; The state and revolution ; The pivot of civilization ; Mein Kampf ; The future of an illusion ; Coming of age in Samoa ; Sexual behavior in the human male --
Part III: Dishonorable mention. The feminine mystique --
Afterword: A conclusive outline of sanity.

Personal

Owner	Grace School of Theology
Location	MAIN
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Value

Retail Price	$ 27.95
Value	$ 27.95