Table of Contents

Setting the mood - Knigge, "On Social Intercourse"; the gentleman is kindly requested to kiss satan's backside; virtue and vice - human, all-too-human; purposive ideology - neither good nor evil; opportunism - when to submit; interlude - not a question of character; lies, hypocrisy, flattery - the basics of deception; intrigue and perfidy -secret machinations; love - mightier than man; family life - the gateway to happiness; education, Louts and the permissive society - we only want what s best for you; adaptation - avoidance of conflict, voluntary and enforced; guilt-shedding - of perpetrators and victims.

About the Author

Silbermann is an internationally respected sociologist. he hastaught at universities in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and France.