Description

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In this perceptive and witty book, Theodore Dalrymple unmasks the sentimentality that is suffocating modern life. Under the multiple guises of raising children well, caring for the under-privileged, fighting poverty, assisting the less able, and doing good generally, we are achieving quite the opposite. Drawing on his long experience as a doctor, as well as work with thousands of criminals and the mentally disturbed as a prison psychiatrist, Dalrymple shows what happens if we feel our way rather than think well.

About the Author

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Theodore Dalrymple is the pseudonym of Dr Anthony Daniels, a former prison doctor and psychiatrist, he is currently senior fellow at City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute.