What happened to civility : the promise and failure of Montaigne's modern project / Ann Hartle.
2022
BJ1533.C9 .H378 2022
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What happened to civility : the promise and failure of Montaigne's modern project / Ann Hartle.
Author
Hartle, Ann, author.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780268202323
9780268202347
9780268202347
Published
Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations.
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BJ1533.C9 .H378 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
177.1
Summary
"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."--Publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ONE The New Adam: The Philosopher's Sleight of Hand
TWO The New Order: Hidden Mastery
THREE Authenticity: The Greatest Thing in the World
FOUR Civility: Suppressing the Human Self
FIVE The Deterioration of Civility: When Everything Becomes Political
SIX Living among the Ruins: The Disintegration of the Social Bond
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ONE The New Adam: The Philosopher's Sleight of Hand
TWO The New Order: Hidden Mastery
THREE Authenticity: The Greatest Thing in the World
FOUR Civility: Suppressing the Human Self
FIVE The Deterioration of Civility: When Everything Becomes Political
SIX Living among the Ruins: The Disintegration of the Social Bond
Notes
Bibliography
Index.