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Mere Civility : Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration

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Mere Civility : Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration - Thryft
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Rediscover the virtue of mere civility.

Mere Civility challenges the notion that disagreement must be suppressed for social harmony. The book leads readers to consider Roger Williams' idea of "mere civility" which recommends conforming to norms of respectful behavior while actively engaging in disagreement. By looking at the past, Teresa Bejan provides a path forward for a society that values tolerance and civility, yet still promotes open dissent and disagreement.

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ISBN: 9780674241640
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date of Publication: 2020-02-27
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 51 readers)

Description

A New Statesman Best Book of the Year
A Church Times Book of the Year

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.

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, mere civility-a grudging conformity to norms of respectful behavior-as defended by Rhode Island's founder, Roger Williams, might seem minimal and unappealing. Yet Teresa Bejan argues that Williams's outlook offers a promising path forward in confronting our own crisis, one that challenges our fundamental assumptions about what a tolerant-and civil-society should look like.

"Penetrating and sophisticated."
-James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review

"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."
-Los Angeles Review of Books

"A deeply admirable book: original, persuasive, witty, and eloquent."
-Jacob T. Levy, Review of Politics

"A terrific book-learned, vigorous, and challenging."
-Alison McQueen, Stanford University


Author: Teresa M. Bejan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 288
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 27 Feb 2020
 

Rediscover the virtue of mere civility.

Mere Civility challenges the notion that disagreement must be suppressed for social harmony. The book leads readers to consider Roger Williams' idea of "mere civility" which recommends conforming to norms of respectful behavior while actively engaging in disagreement. By looking at the past, Teresa Bejan provides a path forward for a society that values tolerance and civility, yet still promotes open dissent and disagreement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.