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Cut off in traffic? Bumped without apology on the subway? Forced to listen to a profane conversation in a public space? In today's Western societies, many feel that there has been a noticeable and marked decrease in mutual consideration in both public and private settings. Are we less civil now than in the past? Benet Davetian's masterful study Civility: A Cultural History responds to this question through a historical, social, and psychological discussion of the civility practices in three nations - England, France, and the United States. Davetian's rich, multi-dimensional review of civility from 1200 to the present day provides an in-depth analysis of the social and personal psychology of human interaction and charts a new course for the study and understanding of civility and civil society. Civility addresses major topics in public discourse today regarding the ideals and practices of civility and the possibility of a future civility ethic capable of inspiring cooperation across cultural and national boundaries.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Genealogy of Western Courtesy and Civility From Barbarism to Courtly Manners Secular Civility in the Renaissance Shifts in Identity and Awareness: Protestantism and the Enlightenment French Court Society, the French Revolution, and the Paradoxes of French Civility England and the Victorian Ethic The American Experience: Democracy and Informal Civility Part II: The Rise of the Late-Modern American Self Conformity, Opposition, and Identity Part III: The Multifaceted Anatomy of Civility Towards a Cultural Sociology of Civility Part IV: Contemporary French, American, and English Civility and Interaction A Comparative Field Study of France, America, and England Part V: Summing Up Civilizing and Recivilizing Processes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Dr Benet Davetian is chair and associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada) and director of the Civility Institute. He is listed in Canada‘s Who‘s Who for his accomplishments in literature and the social sciences.

Review :
'Civility: A Cultural History is impressive in both scope and depth, engaging in an innovative and substantial dialogue on the concept of civility. Well documented and erudite, Benet Davetian's book not only historicizes the development of civility but also locates the concept in today's society and offers a renewed perspective on crucial issues such as multiculturalism. I read Civility with great pleasure.' - Jean-François Côté, Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal. Author of Architecture d'un marcher: Entretiens avec Wajdi Mouawad; Le triangle d'Hermès: Poe, Stein, Warhol, figures de la modernité


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780802093387
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Spine Width: 37 mm
  • Weight: 940 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0802093388
  • Publisher Date: 18 Apr 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Cultural History
  • Width: 161 mm


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