What’s Wrong with the World
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Dedication
3:02 -
The Medical Mistake
7:43 -
Wanted, an Unpractical Man
10:29 -
The New Hypocrite
13:06 -
The Fear of the Past
9:22 -
The Unfinished Temple
12:06 -
The Enemies of Property
9:51 -
The Free Family
8:05 -
The Wildness of Domesticity
8:54 -
History of Hudge and Gudge
11:03 -
Oppression by Optimism
6:36 -
The Homelessness of Jones
9:21 -
The Charm of Jingoism
8:21 -
Wisdom and the Weather
14:12 -
The Common Vision
7:11 -
The Insane Necessity
14:37 -
The Unmilitary Sufragette
6:50 -
The Universal Stick
13:55 -
The Emancipation of Domesticity
10:06 -
The Romance of Thrift
11:36 -
The Coldness of Chloe
8:35 -
The Pedant and the Savage
6:24 -
The Modern Surrender of Woman
8:03 -
The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lys
6:42 -
Sincerity and the Gallows
6:49 -
The Higher Anarchy
8:25 -
The Queen and the Suffragettes
3:44 -
The Modern Slave
7:12 -
The Calvanism of To-day
5:20 -
The Tribal Terror
5:59 -
The Tricks of Environment
4:35 -
The Truth About Education
6:03 -
An Evil Cry
6:25 -
Authority the Unavoidable
10:02 -
The Humility of Mrs Grundy
8:15 -
The Broken Rainbow
11:04 -
The Need for Narrowness
5:11 -
The Case for Public Schools
15:47 -
The School for Hypocrites
12:32 -
The Staleness of the New Schools
6:42 -
The Outlawed Parent
7:20 -
Folly and Female Education
8:26 -
The Empire of the Insect
14:17 -
The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand
8:34 -
The Dreadful Duty of Gudge
6:16 -
A Last Instance
2:34 -
Conclusion
8:45 -
Three Notes
8:06
What’s Wrong with the World (1910) is a public domain work.
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First published in 1910, this is Chesterton at his most combative, a sweeping complaint against the drift of modern industrial society. He takes aim at capitalism and socialism alike, at the schools, the reformers, and the bureaucrats he nicknames Hudge and Gudge, arguing that both parties have forgotten the ordinary person they claim to serve. The home, the family, and the dignity of common life stand at the center of his defense, and he insists that fixing the world has to begin with knowing what it is actually for. The prose runs on paradox and provocation, funny and stubborn by turns. Available here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.
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- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Political Philosophy
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