What Happened to Civility: The Promise and Failure of Montaigne's Modern Project

by Ann Hartle

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 philosopher Michel de Montaigne, explores the modern notion of civility--the social bond that makes it possible for individuals to live in peace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026820232X
• ISBN13: 9780268202323
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"