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The Selfish Society shows that selfishness in public life and public behaviour has its roots in poor care in early childhood. The author draws on developmental psychology and neuroscience to show how the values of empathy and responsibility to others are passed on through early child-rearing -- not through rational instruction, but from the way our parental figures behave. When babies are not treated with sensitivity and personal care, those values are undermined. Early childcare is of crucial importance to society. This book tackles these controversial issues, assessing the impact of feminism on our current dilemmas. It argues that women have been co-opted into a materialism which has reached its limits of usefulness to human society. If we are to build a more caring society, we need to support the development of relationships that are learnt in early life, and integrate them into our political and economic thinking.
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- Title
- The Selfish Society
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sue Gerhardt
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster (UK)
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1847375715
- ISBN13
- 9781847375711
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Self-Help, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Relationships, Parenting, Sociology, Society, Parenthood, Money, Interpersonal relationships, Psychotherapy, Ethics, Morality, Togetherness, Capitalism, Empathy, Selfishness, Consumer Society, Individualism
- First published
- 2010
- Original title
- The Selfish Society
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
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- The Selfish Society shows that selfishness in public life and public behaviour has its roots in poor care in early childhood. The author draws on developmental psychology and neuroscience to show how the values of empathy and responsibility to others are passed on through early child-rearing -- not through rational instruction, but from the way our parental figures behave. When babies are not treated with sensitivity and personal care, those values are undermined. Early childcare is of crucial importance to society. This book tackles these controversial issues, assessing the impact of feminism on our current dilemmas. It argues that women have been co-opted into a materialism which has reached its limits of usefulness to human society. If we are to build a more caring society, we need to support the development of relationships that are learnt in early life, and integrate them into our political and economic thinking.