What happened to civility : the promise and failure of Montaigne's modern project /

"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 philos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hartle, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592.
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592
Courtesy.
Courtesy
Online Access:Texto completo
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

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