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The De-moralization Of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values Paperback – January 30, 1996

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As the debate over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhile life. "An elegant, literate defense of ninteenth-century English mores and morals."--New York.

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Historian Himmelfarb argues for a return to the Victorian "virtues"?hard work, self-reliance and deferral of gratification?as a way of combating present social ills.
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e over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhile life. "An elegant, literate defense of ninteenth-century English mores and morals."--New York.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; 1st Vintage Books Ed edition (January 30, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679764909
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679764908
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.14 x 0.7 x 7.97 inches

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Kathleen

Victorian Virtues Trump Modern "Values!"

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I was brought up to think of all things Victorian as stuffy, repressed and backward. It was a pleasant surprise to realize that far from being a social wilderness, Victorian England and America had much about them to admire.
The belief in God, country, indisputable truths, and loyalty to family were the hallmarks of the Victorians. It is regrettable that in our own time we have no constant stars to guide us as our recent forbears had.
The advances in medicine and science are all good. But it sad that with all these scientific advances, people feel more isolated and insecure than the erstwhile Victorians encumbered with all the constraints of that age.

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Writren by a true scholar

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Great book. Highly recommended. True scholarship

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An eulogy to the disappearance of virtues from the social body

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Roger

Awesome scholarship

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A very refreshing view comparing the Victorian era with today. A truly discerning discussion which I commend to all sociologists and historian. Awesome scholarship.

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A great read.

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Himmelfarb uses just the right details to make the change from a culture of virtue to a culture of personal gratification very clear. This is a well-researched and very readable book.

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This book is aimed more at academics than the public. Lots of statistics and high brow discussion.

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Depth and breadth of analysis with clarity and conviction.

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Gertrude Himmelfarb is without equal in the depth and breath with which she writes of society's intellectual currents.

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I gave it 4 stars because I enjoyed On Looking Into the Abyss more and the repetitious nature of this book did not hold my interest as intensely. Still there was a lot to absorb about Victorian society and how different the meaning of words and actions was then, compared to now. "Family values, Victorian values"-what were they at the time? Probably not what someone today tells you. And how do they differ from "virtues"? That is the underlying discussion of the book. Here are some quotes:

P.10 "It was in the 1880s that Friedrich Nietzsche began to speak of 'values' in its present sense-not as a verb, meaning to value or esteem something; nor as a singular noun, meaning the measure of a thing (the economic value of money, labor, or property); but in the plural, connoting the moral beliefs and attitudes of a society. Moreover, he used the word consciously, repeatedly, indeed insistently, to signify what he took to be the most profound event in human history. His 'transvaluation of values' was to be the final, ultimate revolution, a revolution against both the classical virtues and the Judaic-Christian ones. The 'death of God' would mean the death of morality and the death of truth-above all, the truth of any morality. There would be no good and evil, no virtue and vice. There would be only 'values'."

P.262 "Victorian moralists were of a different order. They did not presume to create a new set of values to be imposed upon society. They sought rather to sustain those traditional values that encouraged the individual to be virtuous. Responsibility, respectability, sobriety, independence were the common values of everyday life."

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I am writing on the treatment of working people today and that Certrude Himmelfarde, on the History of Ideas of the present time to be clear and accurate, as with her other books, Looking into the Abyss and Roads to Modernity.

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