{"product_id":"spare-the-child-isbn-9780679733386","title":"Spare the Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this rare work of scholarship, \"the subject [of physical discipline] enters our minds and hearts in a new way, and we are forced to imagine a world in which the hitting of a child is against the laws of both man and God\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. These words provided generations of American Christians with the justification for physically disciplining their children, in ways that range from spankings to brutal beatings. This learned and deeply disturbing work of history examines both the religious roots of corporal punishment in America and its consequences -- in the minds of children, in adults, and in our national tendencies toward authoritarian and apocalyptic thinking. Drawing on sources as old as Cotton Mather and as current as today's headlines, \u003ci\u003eSpare the Child\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare works of scholarship that have the power to change our lives.\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. The Problem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II. Experiences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Suasion and Nonviolence\u003cbr\u003eBefore Conscious Memory Begins\u003cbr\u003eMemories of Pain and Punishments\u003cbr\u003eDisciplined Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III. Rationales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligious Rationales\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiblical Roots\u003cbr\u003eEternal Punishment\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Wills\u003cbr\u003eMethodologies of Punishment\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecular Rationales\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudicial Justifications\u003cbr\u003eBehaviorist Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV. Consequences\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnxiety and Fear\u003cbr\u003eAnger and Hate\u003cbr\u003eEmpathy and Apathy\u003cbr\u003eMelancholy and Depression\u003cbr\u003eObsessiveness and Rigidity\u003cbr\u003eAmbivalence: Protect and Destroy\u003cbr\u003eDissociation\u003cbr\u003eParanoia\u003cbr\u003eSadomasochism\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Violence\u003cbr\u003eAggression and Delinquency\u003cbr\u003eAuthoritarianism\u003cbr\u003eThe Apocalyptic Impulse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V. Choices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\"The great value of \u003ci\u003eSpare the Child\u003c\/i\u003e lies in its shock of awareness. The subject enters our minds and hearts in a new way, and we are forced to imagine a world in which the hitting of a child is against the laws of both man and God.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The force of Greven's case serves to drive the reader to the book's conclusion....You cannot read [it] without reviewing your most fundamental attitudes about human behavior.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An imaginative and impassioned book.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gift from an enlightened historian to every person. It provides us with crucial information ignored or silenced throughout the world. A step toward a more enlightened and peaceful society.\" —Alice Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eFor Your Own Good\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302672421093,"sku":"NP9780679733386","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679733386.jpg?v=1767737034","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/spare-the-child-isbn-9780679733386","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}