Description: Further DetailsTitle: What Happened to CivilityCondition: NewSubtitle: The Promise and Failure of Montaigne’s Modern ProjectEAN: 9780268202323ISBN: 9780268202323Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/15/2022Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Ann HartleGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & PoliticsISBN-10: 026820232XDescription: What is civility, and why has it disappeared? Ann Hartle analyzes the origins of the modern project and the Essays of Michel de Montaigne to discuss why civility is failing in our own time. In this bold book, Ann Hartle, one of the most important interpreters of sixteenth-century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, explores the modern notion of civility—the social bond that makes it possible for individuals to live in peace in the political and social structures of the Western world—and asks, why has it disappeared? Concerned with the deepening cultural divisions in our postmodern, post-Christian world, she traces their roots back to the Reformation and Montaigne’s Essays. Montaigne’s philosophical project of drawing on ancient philosophy and Christianity to create a new social bond to reform the mores of his culture is perhaps the first act of self-conscious civility. After tracing Montaigne’s thought, Hartle returns to our modern society and argues that this framing of civility is a human, philosophical invention and that civility fails precisely because it is a human, philosophical invention. She concludes with a defense of the central importance of sacred tradition for civility and the need to protect and maintain that social bond by supporting nonpoliticized, nonideological, free institutions, including and especially universities and churches. What Happened to Civility is written for readers concerned about the deterioration of civility in our public life and the defense of freedom of religion. The book will also interest philosophers who seek a deeper understanding of modernity and its meaning, political scientists interested in the meaning of liberalism and the causes of its failure, and scholars working on Montaigne’s Essays.Item Width: 14mmRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: What Happened to Civility
Title: What Happened to Civility
Subtitle: The Promise and Failure of Montaigne’s Modern Project
EAN: 9780268202323
ISBN: 9780268202323
Release Date: 04/15/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
ISBN-10: 026820232X
Number of Pages: 190 Pages
Publication Name: What Happened to Civility : the Promise and Failure of Montaigne's Modern Project
Language: English
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Theory, General, Political
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Author: Ann Hartle
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
