In a text-orientated approach, this study presents a rich mosaic depicting a tradition of European socio-cultural criticism since the French Revolution. Accepting the inevitability of technological advance, critics rejected the proud assumption of progress and stressed the negatives instead.

Socio-cultural criticism is the continuous assessment and evaluation of developments within democratic society and hence a vital ingredient of democracy itself. Departing from the French Revolution, this study focuses upon a tradition of European criticism. On the whole, critics accepted that technological advance was irreversible but they opposed the assumption that this implied general progress. Instead, they stressed the negatives: class conflict, erosion of tradition, mechanization of life, fragmentation of society, loss of cultural differentiation. The approach is exclusively text-orientated. The result is a multi-coloured mosaic depicting an image of what has moved, confused or dismayed the European mind over a period of a century and a half. The intensity of concern has shaped our contemporary thought, awareness and outlook.

Through this work, the writer aimed to establish that the tendency to commit self-destruction is largely susceptible to those principles that regulate the treatment of common diseases. He provided details on everything from suicides of the ancients and their laws against it to new solutions for its prevention in his time.

Through stories and a breakdown of how-tos, The Dance of Parenting will get you thinking about your parenting experience in a new way. It offers simply laid out parenting skills to help you energize and strengthen your parenting dance. It will accompany you as you develop your enlightened, thriving inner choreographer.