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2328930Mere Civilityhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/mere-civility-9780674972742/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2058623/b522cfb7-0544-4079-b97d-f03d7225ced9.jpg?v=638383449810930000809987MXNHarvard University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>A <em>New Statesman</em> Best Book of the Year<br />A <em>Church Times</em> Book of the Year</p><p>We are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this virtue appears critical.</p><p>Most modern appeals to civility follow arguments by Hobbes or Locke by proposing to suppress disagreement or exclude views we deem uncivil for the sake of social harmony. By comparison, <em>mere</em> civilitya grudging conformity to norms of respectful behavioras defended by Rhode Islands founder, Roger Williams, might seem minimal and unappealing. Yet Teresa Bejan argues that Williamss outlook offers a promising path forward in confronting our own crisis, one that challenges our fundamental assumptions about what a tolerantand civilsociety should look like.</p><p>Penetrating and sophisticated.<br />James Ryerson, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>Would that more of us might learn to look into the past with such gravity and humility. We might end up with a more (or mere) civil society, yet.<br /><em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em></p><p>A deeply admirable book: original, persuasive, witty, and eloquent.<br />Jacob T. Levy, <em>Review of Politics</em></p><p>A terrific booklearned, vigorous, and challenging.<br />Alison McQueen, Stanford University</p>...2265268Mere Civility809987https://www.gandhi.com.mx/mere-civility-9780674972742/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2058623/b522cfb7-0544-4079-b97d-f03d7225ced9.jpg?v=638383449810930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179780674972742_W3siaWQiOiI4NDFjMzdhNi0zOTY5LTRhY2QtYjQyNC0xMjc1YmU2MDkwMGUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjk4NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE3OCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo4MDksImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780674972742_<p>In liberal democracies committed to tolerating diversity as well as disagreement, the loss of civility in the public sphere seems critical. But is civility really a virtue, or a demand for conformity that silences dissent? Teresa Bejan looks at early modern debates about religious toleration for answers about what a civil society should look like.</p>...(*_*)9780674972742_<p>A <em>New Statesman</em> Best Book of the Year<br />A <em>Church Times</em> Book of the Year</p><p>We are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this virtue appears critical.</p><p>Most modern appeals to civility follow arguments by Hobbes or Locke by proposing to suppress disagreement or exclude views we deem uncivil for the sake of social harmony. By comparison, <em>mere</em> civilitya grudging conformity to norms of respectful behavioras defended by Rhode Islands founder, Roger Williams, might seem minimal and unappealing. Yet Teresa Bejan argues that Williamss outlook offers a promising path forward in confronting our own crisis, one that challenges our fundamental assumptions about what a tolerantand civilsociety should look like.</p><p>Penetrating and sophisticated.<br />James Ryerson, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>Would that more of us might learn to look into the past with such gravity and humility. We might end up with a more (or mere) civil society, yet.<br /><em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em></p><p>A deeply admirable book: original, persuasive, witty, and eloquent.<br />Jacob T. Levy, <em>Review of Politics</em></p><p>A terrific booklearned, vigorous, and challenging.<br />Alison McQueen, Stanford University</p>...9780674972742_Harvard University Presslibro_electonico_662fb85c-66c2-3e7a-bf3c-23f0679ef8b3_9780674972742;9780674972742_9780674972742Teresa M.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harvard_academic-epub-8043eef6-82d0-4b8b-942d-a9387a68278a.epub2017-01-02T00:00:00+00:00Harvard University Press