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Door En Door Verwend: Kritiek Op De Sentimentele Samenleving (2011)

by Theodore Dalrymple(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

9046810216 (ISBN13: 9789046810217)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam

review 1: Dalrymple, de cultuurcritici van Engeland, is zoals zijn eerdere boeken messcherp in zijn analyse. In dit boek gaat het over de negatieve invloed en de doorwerking van het sentiment op en in onze samenleving. De doorwerking bevindt zich op het publiek beleid en in de publieke reactie op gebeurtenissen of maatschappelijke problemen. De publieke emoties, de slachtofferverklaring en –rol, het multiculturalisme, het onderwijs komen terug in zijn redevoering. Dalrymple, durft in te gaan tegen de massa en geeft aan dat de cultus van het gevoel het denkvermogen verwoest, de verantwoording verschuift en vervangt wat tot rampzalige gevolgen leidt in onze samenleving.
review 2: there is nothing like reading a book which reflects all your worst prejudices . if you think... more that everyone has gone hopelessly touchy feely and publicly emotional and that if a feeling is not expressed publicly is worthless then this book confirms this view . when your child dies the first thing you should do is write a book , when your mother dies of cancer the first thing you should do is appear on television , when your husband is killed in a car crash the first thing you should do is set up a charity and run a marathon and dedicate it to his memory . everyone has to get in on the act of excessive manipulation of emotion and self indulgence . the media is full of people who have cottoned on to the use of psychobabble for their own self promotion . what are the normal vagaries of life such as having children , being ill , failure , defeat , losing one's parents etc are now raised to become extraordinary events to be explored and wallowed in publicly . we could all do with a dose of Jo Brand's caustic humour . life is difficult for everyone not just " YOU " the author is a psychiatrist . one of his best chapters skewers Bono and his like in their appeal to make poverty history whilst employing lawyers to minimise their tax burden and the failure of western aid to help poor countries . Harsh but fair ! less

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