The Vanished Fathers

What happens to a society when fathers disappear—not biologically, but structurally, symbolically, and institutionally? Why has paternal authority declined across so many cultures at the same time, and why does this transformation cut across political, religious, and economic boundaries?

The Vanished Fathers advances a far-reaching thesis: the erosion of fatherhood is not a recent moral crisis nor a private family failure, but the outcome of long-term historical processes that have progressi...