Faking it : the sentimentalisation of modern society /

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Other Authors: Anderson, Digby C., 1944-, Mullen, Peter, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : Social Affairs Unit, c1998.
Series:Publication (Social Affairs Unit) ; 76.
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Table of Contents:
  • The idea of a fake society : introduction and summary / Digby Anderson and Peter Mullen
  • Life before health : against the sentimentalising of medicine / Bruce Charlton
  • Evading personal responsibility : the sentimentalisation of social policy / Nicholas Capaldi
  • Sweetness and light in schools : the sentimentalisation of children / Bruce S. Cooper and Dennis O'Keeffe
  • Back to a simple and pure nature : sentimentality and the environmental movement / Jo Kwong
  • All feelings and no doctrine : the sentimentalisation of religion / Peter Mullen
  • Faking emotion : sentimentality in modern literature / Ian Robinson
  • The pity of self-pity : the sentimentalisation of music / Balint Vazsonyi
  • Self-indulgence, childishness and puritanism : the sentimentalisation of civilized eating / Digby Anderson
  • All Venusians now : sentimentality in the media / Mark Steyn
  • Diana, queen of hearts : sentimentality personified and canonised / Anthony O'Hear
  • The corruption of Christianity : the history and origins of sentimentality / Lucy Sullivan.