A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue

A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue

Revised and updated, this fifteenth anniversary edition of A Return to Modesty reignites Wendy Shalitâ€™s controversial claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty.

When A Return to Modesty was first published in 1999, its argument launched a worldwide discussion about the possibility of innocence and romantic idealism. Wendy Shalit was the first to systematically critique the â€œhook-upâ€ scene and outline the harms of making sexuality so public.

Today, with social media increasingly blurring the line between public and private life, and with child exploitation on the rise, the concept of modesty is more relevant than ever. Updated with a new preface that addresses the unique problems facing society now, A Return to Modesty shows why â€œthe lost virtueâ€ of modesty is not a hang-up that we should set out to cure, but rather a wonderful instinct to be celebrated.

A Return to Modesty is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration into everything from seventeenth-century manners to the 1948 tune â€œBaby, Itâ€™s Cold Outside.â€ Beholden neither to social conservatives nor to feminists, Shalit reminds us that modesty is not prudery, but a natural instinctâ€”and one that may be able to save us from ourselves.
Country USA
Brand Free Press
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476756653
ReleaseDate 2014-05-20
UnitCount 1
Format Special Edition
EANs 9781476756653

Country	USA
Brand	Free Press
Manufacturer	Free Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476756653
ReleaseDate	2014-05-20
UnitCount	1
Format	Special Edition
EANs	9781476756653

A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue

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