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In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "family values" no longer simply evoke pictures of harmonious scenes; they also push our buttons (left and right) about what is wrong with society.

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"A fascinating, alarming, profound study. . . . [A book] to ponder for years to come." -- Chronicle of Higher Education
"A brilliant little book. . . . As an analyst of social science literature on the family, Lasch is superb. On balance, his book is the best essay available today on the modern history of the family." -- David Hackett Fischer - New Republic
"There is no more brilliant exposure of the collective self-deceptions of a 'therapeutic' society in quest of psychic security. . . . [Lasch's] indispensable contribution is the argument that public concern for the plight of the family has commonly masked efforts to subject the family to new forms of outside influence" -- David Brion Davis - New York Review of Books

Haven in a Heartless World The Family Besieged

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      Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/20/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780393313031, 978-0393313031
      ISBN10: 0393313034
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "family values" no longer simply evoke pictures of harmonious scenes; they also push our buttons (left and right) about what is wrong with society.

      Trade Review
      "A fascinating, alarming, profound study. . . . [A book] to ponder for years to come." -- Chronicle of Higher Education
      "A brilliant little book. . . . As an analyst of social science literature on the family, Lasch is superb. On balance, his book is the best essay available today on the modern history of the family." -- David Hackett Fischer - New Republic
      "There is no more brilliant exposure of the collective self-deceptions of a 'therapeutic' society in quest of psychic security. . . . [Lasch's] indispensable contribution is the argument that public concern for the plight of the family has commonly masked efforts to subject the family to new forms of outside influence" -- David Brion Davis - New York Review of Books

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