Mere civility: disagreement and the limits of toleration
Civility is often treated as an essential virtue in liberal democracies that promise to protect diversity as well as active disagreement in the public sphere. Yet the fear that our tolerant society faces a crisis of incivility is gaining ground. Politicians and public intellectuals call for "mo...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University Press
2017
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| In: | Anno: 2017 |
| Recensioni: | [Rezension von: Bejan, Teresa M., 1984-, Mere civility : disagreement and the limits of toleration] (2018) (Whitaker, Robert K.)
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Cortesia
/ Tolleranza
/ Libertà di parola
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Forums (Discussion and debate)
History
B FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Interpersonal Relations B Etica politica B Discussion Political aspects B Cortesia B History B Tolleranza B Libertà di parola B Forums (Discussion and debate) B Tesi universitaria B Courtesy Political aspects B Toleration Political aspects B Freedom of speech |
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| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | Civility is often treated as an essential virtue in liberal democracies that promise to protect diversity as well as active disagreement in the public sphere. Yet the fear that our tolerant society faces a crisis of incivility is gaining ground. Politicians and public intellectuals call for "more civility" as the solution--but is civility really a virtue? Or is it something more sinister--a covert demand for conformity that silences dissent? Mere Civility sheds light on this tension in contemporary political theory and practice by examining similar appeals to civility in early modern debates about religious toleration. In seventeenth-century England, figures as different as Roger Williams, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke could agree that some restraint on the wars of words and "persecution of the tongue" between sectarians would be required; and yet, they recognized that the prosecution of incivility was often difficult to distinguish from persecution.-- Introduction: Wars of words -- "Persecution of the tongue" -- "Silver alarums": Roger Williams's "meer" civility -- "If it be without contention": Hobbes and civil silence -- "A bond of mutual charity": Locke and the quest for concord -- Conclusion: The virtue of mere civility -- Epilogue: Free speech fundamentalism. |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 2013) Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 272 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0-674-97272-4 978-0-674-97272-8 |
| Riferimento: | Based on (work) "Mere civility (New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University, 2013)" |
