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What happened to civility : the promise and failure of Montaigne's modern project / Ann Hartle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartle, Ann, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
- Montaigne, Michel de.
- Courtesy.
- Social ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-268-20234-6
- OCLC:
- 1298165656
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