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• catalog abstract "In April 1989, a gang of teenagers attacked a jogger in New York's Central Park; the press dubbed the crime "wilding." Charles Derber maintains that the chilling antisocial mentality behind this offense is far more widespread than people would like to believe. With a fascinating twist of perspective, Derber reveals startling links between criminal wilding on the street, emotional wilding in families, economic wilding on Wall Street, political wilding in Washington, and other forms of "legitimate" sociopathic behavior. He argues that morally these actions are different, but socially they reflect the unbridled pursuit of self-interest. Through the lens of this broader view of wilding, Derber examines such cases as O.J. Simpson, Tonya Harding, Susan Smith, Lyle and Erik Menendez, Michael Milken, the S & L and Orange County scandals, and such issues as corporate greed, screen violence, campus cheating and hazing, drug dealing, child and spouse abuse, and the Newt Gingrich revolution. In The Wilding of America, Derber makes a cogent and compelling case that wilding extends far beyond random violence by youth gangs. Americans are, he argues, in danger of becoming a nation of wilders - one in which their often ruthless exercise of individual freedom threatens to unravel society itself. But there may be solutions. In a passionate final chapter, Derber shows how Americans can rethink individualism, and how they can construct a compassionate society and a more responsible vision of the American Dream.".
• catalog contributor b8678945.
• catalog contributor b8678946.
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "1. The Good Man Fills His Own Stomach: All-American Crimes and Misdemeanors -- 2. The Ultimate Wilders: Rob Marshall, the Menendez Brothers, and Susan Smith -- Prisoners of the American Dream -- 3. A Fish Rots from the Head First: Washington and Wall Street Go Wild -- 4. U.S. Business vs. Us: Global Capitalism and Corporate Wilding -- 5. The Dreamin' Is Easy and the Living Is Hard: A Wilding Recipe for the 1990s -- 6. Killing Society: The Ungluing of America -- 7. Welfare, Prisons, and Orphanages: Social Wilding and the Politics of Triage -- 8. Beyond Wilding: Resurrecting Civil Society.".
• catalog description "Americans are, he argues, in danger of becoming a nation of wilders - one in which their often ruthless exercise of individual freedom threatens to unravel society itself. But there may be solutions. In a passionate final chapter, Derber shows how Americans can rethink individualism, and how they can construct a compassionate society and a more responsible vision of the American Dream.".
• catalog description "In April 1989, a gang of teenagers attacked a jogger in New York's Central Park; the press dubbed the crime "wilding." Charles Derber maintains that the chilling antisocial mentality behind this offense is far more widespread than people would like to believe.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "With a fascinating twist of perspective, Derber reveals startling links between criminal wilding on the street, emotional wilding in families, economic wilding on Wall Street, political wilding in Washington, and other forms of "legitimate" sociopathic behavior. He argues that morally these actions are different, but socially they reflect the unbridled pursuit of self-interest. Through the lens of this broader view of wilding, Derber examines such cases as O.J. Simpson, Tonya Harding, Susan Smith, Lyle and Erik Menendez, Michael Milken, the S & L and Orange County scandals, and such issues as corporate greed, screen violence, campus cheating and hazing, drug dealing, child and spouse abuse, and the Newt Gingrich revolution. In The Wilding of America, Derber makes a cogent and compelling case that wilding extends far beyond random violence by youth gangs.".
• catalog extent "ix, 181 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "031214069X".
• catalog isPartOf "Contemporary social issues (New York, N.Y.)".
• catalog isPartOf "Contemporary social issues".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "303.6/0973 20".
• catalog subject "HN90.V5 D47 1996".
• catalog subject "Violence United States.".
• catalog subject "Violent crimes United States.".
• catalog subject "Wealth Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Good Man Fills His Own Stomach: All-American Crimes and Misdemeanors -- 2. The Ultimate Wilders: Rob Marshall, the Menendez Brothers, and Susan Smith -- Prisoners of the American Dream -- 3. A Fish Rots from the Head First: Washington and Wall Street Go Wild -- 4. U.S. Business vs. Us: Global Capitalism and Corporate Wilding -- 5. The Dreamin' Is Easy and the Living Is Hard: A Wilding Recipe for the 1990s -- 6. Killing Society: The Ungluing of America -- 7. Welfare, Prisons, and Orphanages: Social Wilding and the Politics of Triage -- 8. Beyond Wilding: Resurrecting Civil Society.".
• catalog title "The wilding of America : how greed and violence are eroding our nation's character / Charles Derber.".
• catalog type "text".