Title: The Rise of Selfishness in America
First published: 1991
Description: In this book James Collier asks how did America get from a sociable code to which self-restraint was a cardinal virtue to one in which self gratitude is a central idea and normal. A vibrant, sweeping analysis of the roots of American self-indulgence. This ringing, provocative jeremiad cuts a path through a haze of self-indulgent thought and action in the me first society.
Subjects: History, Selfishness, Moral conditions, Eigenbelang, Conditions morales, Égoïsme, Eigennutz, Histoire, Ethik, Sociale waarden, Geschichte, Intérêt personnel, New York Times reviewed, Self-interest, United states, moral conditions
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: BJ1535.S4 C65 1991