{"product_id":"9781476756653","title":"A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48187843379440,"sku":"9781476756653","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476756653_p0.jpg?v=1763610229","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476756653","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}