Humility : the secret history of a lost virtue / Christopher M. Bellitto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellitto, Christopher M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humility.

Physical Description:

x, 165 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This book is an accessible discussion of humility for a general audience that aims to recover a lost virtue and to offer humility as a way forward for our divided society. It's a cultural history-the biography of an idea. Recovering humility might serve as an alternative to the diseases of hubris, arrogance, and narcissism that have infected us. The frightening alternative to a life of humility has been the death of civility. History demonstrates that when the virtue of humility is cast aside, hubris follows. This book explores treatments of humility in Greco-Roman history, philosophy, and literature; ancient and medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures and sermons; and Enlightenment and contemporary discussions on education in virtue and citizenship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue : The Problem and the Potential

Ancient Notions of Humility

Humility in a Biblical Key

A Medieval Golden Age

The Paradox of Learned Ignorance

Modernity Forgets

and Starts to Remember

Epilogue : Recovering a Lost Virtue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bellitto, Christopher M. Humility

ISBN:

9781647123765

1647123763

OCLC:

1376752027