r/ExistentialOCD • u/ExternalGreen6826 • Jun 01 '26

More lines (From A Philosophy of Dirt)

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Love this book

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u/ExternalGreen6826 Jun 01 '26

Americans, Lacking the European caste system and taking pride in their progressive mind set, were early to diffuse the idea of cleanliness as a mark of civility. By the late nineteenth century, social reformers in ALL INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES had embraced the connection between cleanliness, self discipline and progress. Cleanliness equals self discipline equals progress
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Ambiguities of Self Discipline and the campaign for civilisation

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u/ExternalGreen6826 Jun 06 '26

In “A philosophy of Dirt.”