What's Wrong with the World
eBook - ePub

What's Wrong with the World

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  1. 190 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

What's Wrong with the World

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About this book

During his lifetime, British author and thinker G.K. Chesterton gained a reputation as a top-rate intellectual and social critic. In this volume, Chesterton turns his attention to a series of major problems facing the world at the turn of the twentieth century, offering his one-of-a-kind take on each topic.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781775451655
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
  2. Contents
  3. Dedication
  4. PART ONE - THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
  5. I - The Medical Mistake
  6. II - Wanted, an Unpractical Man
  7. III - The New Hypocrite
  8. IV - The Fear of the Past
  9. V - The Unfinished Temple
  10. VI - The Enemies of Property
  11. VII - The Free Family
  12. VIII - The Wildness of Domesticity
  13. IX - History of Hudge and Gudge
  14. X - Oppression by Optimism
  15. XI - The Homelessness of Jones
  16. PART TWO - IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
  17. I - The Charm of Jingoism
  18. II - Wisdom and the Weather
  19. III - The Common Vision
  20. IV - The Insane Necessity
  21. PART THREE - FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
  22. I - The Unmilitary Suffragette
  23. II - The Universal Stick
  24. III - The Emancipation of Domesticity
  25. IV - The Romance of Thrift
  26. V - The Coldness of Chloe
  27. VI - The Pedant and the Savage
  28. VII - The Modern Surrender of Woman
  29. VIII - The Brand of the Fleur-De-Lis
  30. IX - Sincerity and the Gallows
  31. X - The Higher Anarchy
  32. XI - The Queen and the Suffragettes
  33. XII - The Modern Slave
  34. PART FOUR - EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
  35. I - The Calvinism of to-Day
  36. II - The Tribal Terror
  37. III - The Tricks of Environment
  38. IV - The Truth About Education
  39. V - An Evil Cry
  40. VI - Authority the Unavoidable
  41. VII - The Humility of Mrs. Grundy
  42. VIII - The Broken Rainbow
  43. IX - The Need for Narrowness
  44. X - The Case for the Public Schools
  45. XI - The School for Hypocrites
  46. XII - The Staleness of the New Schools
  47. XIII - The Outlawed Parent
  48. XIV - Folly and Female Education
  49. PART FIVE - THE HOME OF MAN
  50. I - The Empire of the Insect
  51. II - The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand
  52. III - The Dreadful Duty of Gudge
  53. IV - A Last Instance
  54. V - Conclusion
  55. THREE NOTES
  56. I - On Female Suffrage
  57. II - On Cleanliness in Education
  58. III - On Peasant Proprietorship