Challenge assumptions about the big ideas behind society and power, and see how institutions shape belief and daily life.
This critical survey examines how religion, government, economics, and social norms influence our world. Though written long ago, it speaks to the enduring question of how much control the structures around us actually have over individual lives.
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We find here abundant material for thought. The author traverses the entire field of political economy in its theory and practice, advancing many startling paradoxes and propositions. VI. THE MATRIMONIAL LIE. In this chapter the author expresses many of our own unavowed thoughts. His original treatment and his courage in calling things by their right names, render this chapter one of exceptional interest. VII. Discusses the importance and abuse of the power of the press, the duel and the lies of our social intercourse.
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