{"product_id":"haven-in-a-heartless-world-the-family-besieged-9780393313031","title":"Haven in a Heartless World  The Family Besieged","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating, alarming, profound study. . . . [A book] to ponder for years to come.\" -- Chronicle of Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\"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","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767481139543,"sku":"9780393313031","price":18.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393313031.jpg?v=1758713449","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/haven-in-a-heartless-world-the-family-besieged-9780393313031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}