George Boas

Cult of Childhood (Dunquin Series: No. 18) George Boas

Could our fascination with childhood and the issues of child abuse, abortion, and family therapy mean that we are caught in the myth of purity and innocence? Boas exposes the assumptions that continue to plague nearly everything we do and say about children.

One of the most versatile and distinguished minds of his generation, George Boas (1891-1980) was a father of "the history of ideas."