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What’s Wrong with the World
Chapitres (50)
- Dedication 0:00
- Part I: The Homelessness of Man: I: The Medical Mistake 2:39
- II: Wanted, an Unpractical Man 9:44
- III: The New Hypocrite 20:45
- IV: The Fear of the Past 33:02
- V: The Unfinished Temple 49:41
- VI: The Enemies of Property 1:01:00
- VII: The Free Family 1:08:22
- VIII: The Wildness of Domesticity 1:16:49
- IX: History of Hudge and Gudge 1:25:13
- X: Oppression by Optimism 1:35:15
- XI: The Homelessness of Jones 1:40:50
- Part II: Imperialism: Or the Mistake About Man: I: The Charm of Jingoism 1:49:02
- II: Wisdom and the Weather 1:56:32
- III: The Common Vision 2:09:55
- IV: The Insane Necessity 2:17:30
- Part III: Feminism: Or the Mistake About Woman: I: The Unmilitary Suffragette 2:31:01
- II: The Universal Stick 2:36:44
- III: The Emancipation of Domesticity 2:49:52
- IV: The Romance of Thrift 3:02:04
- V: The Coldness of Chloe 3:13:31
- VI: The Pedant and the Savage 3:22:41
- VII: The Modern Surrender of Woman 3:29:25
- VIII: The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lis 3:35:09
- IX: Sincerity and the Gallows 3:42:06
- X: The Higher Anarchy 3:47:38
- XI: The Queen and the Suffragettes 3:55:58
- XII: The Modern Slave 3:59:07
- Part IV: Education: Or the Mistake About the Child: I: The Calvinism of Today 4:06:01
- II: The Tribal Terror 4:11:05
- III: The Tricks of Environment 4:16:38
- IV: The Truth About Education 4:20:15
- V: An Evil Cry 4:25:39
- VI: Authority the Unavoidable 4:31:16
- VII: The Humility of Mrs. Grundy 4:40:03
- VIII: The Broken Rainbow 4:48:29
- IX: The Need for Narrowness 4:56:51
- X: The Case for the Public Schools 5:02:15
- XI: The School for Hypocrites 5:14:29
- XII: The Staleness of the New Schools 5:26:12
- XIII: The Outlawed Parent 5:33:12
- XIV: Folly and Female Education 5:39:35
- Part V: The Home of Man: I: The Empire of the Insect 5:47:10
- II: The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand 6:00:25
- III: The Dreadful Duty of Gudge 6:09:39
- IV: A Doubt 6:14:46
- V: Conclusion 6:16:55
- I: On Female Suffrage 6:26:32
- II: On Cleanliness in Education 6:29:39
- III: On Peasant Proprietorship 6:31:26
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In What’s Wrong with the World, G. K. Chesterton criticizes contemporary societal positions on property, imperialism, education, and home life. He believed that both unfettered capitalism and socialism erode society, breaking up the family and keeping the poor in poverty. He advocates for a broader distribution of both property and political power, a philosophy that became known as “Distributism,” and of which Chesterton and his friend Hilaire Belloc became well-known advocates.
While this book was written in 1910, many of the issues Chesterton addresses, like home ownership, public education, and the erosion of democracy, remain important social issues in the modern day.