{"product_id":"a-return-to-modesty-discovering-the-lost-virtue-9781476756653","title":"A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue","description":"\u003cb\u003eRevised and updated, this fifteenth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eA Return to Modesty\u003c\/i\u003e reignites Wendy Shalit's controversial claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eA Return to Modesty\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1999, its argument launched a worldwide discussion about the possibility of innocence and romantic idealism. Wendy Shalit was the first to systematically critique the \"hook-up\" scene and outline the harms of making sexuality so public. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, with social media increasingly blurring the line between public and private life, and with child exploitation on the rise, the concept of modesty is more relevant than ever. Updated with a new preface that addresses the unique problems facing society now, \u003ci\u003eA Return to Modesty\u003c\/i\u003e shows why \"the lost virtue\" of modesty is not a hang-up that we should set out to cure, but rather a wonderful instinct to be celebrated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Return to Modesty\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration into everything from seventeenth-century manners to the 1948 tune \"Baby, It's Cold Outside.\" Beholden neither to social conservatives nor to feminists, Shalit reminds us that modesty is not prudery, but a natural instinct--and one that may be able to save us from ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476756653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Wendy Shalit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095640608949,"sku":"9781476756653","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1e30be57-f426-4fea-88e6-d6c40059116d.jpg?v=1651588565","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-return-to-modesty-discovering-the-lost-virtue-9781476756653","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}