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Chesterton, G K: What’s Wrong with the World, v1, 9 February 2010.
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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
What’s Wrong with the World [1910] A collection of essays. Contents: PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN I. The Medical Mistake; II Wanted, An Unpractical Man; III. The New Hypocrite; IV. The Fear of The Past; V. The Unfinished Temple; VI. The Enemies of Property; VII. The Free Family; VIII. The Wildness of Domesticity; IX. History of Hudge And Gudge; X. Oppression By Optimism; XI. The Homelessness of Jones. PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN I. The Charm of Jingoism; II. Wisdom And The Weather; III. The Common Vision; IV. The Insane Necessity. PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN I. The Unmilitary Suffragette; II. The Universal Stick; III. The Emancipation of Domesticity; IV. The Romance of Thrift; V. The Coldness of Chloe; VI. The Pedant And The Savage; VII. The Modern Surrender of Woman; VIII. The Brand of The Fleur-De-Lis; IX. Sincerity And The Gallows; X. The Higher Anarchy; XI. The Queen And The Suffragettes; XII. The Modern Slave. PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD I. The Calvinism of To-Day; II. The Tribal Terror; III. The Tricks of Environment; IV. The Truth About Education; V. An Evil Cry; VI. Authority The Unavoidable; VII. The Humility of Mrs. Grundy; VIII. The Broken Rainbow; IX. The Need For Narrowness; X. The Case For The Public Schools; XI. The School For Hypocrites; XII. The Staleness of The New Schools; XIII. The Outlawed Parent; XIV. Folly And Female Education. PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN I. The Empire of The Insect; II. The Fallacy of The Umbrella Stand; III. The Dreadful Duty of Gudge; IV. A Last Instance; V. Conclusion. THREE NOTES I. On Female Suffrage; II. On Cleanliness In Education; III. On Peasant Proprietorship. |
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