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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. Civility and Literature and Their Discontents 15
- 2. Civil Beginnings 56
- 3. Philosophy Polite and Politic: Shaftesbury’s “Inmate Controller” 82
- 4. The Displacement of Civility: Violence in a Widening World 119
- 5. Civility after 1989: Romancing Small Groups 156
- 6. The Reach of Literature 183
- Notes 235
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. Civility and Literature and Their Discontents 15
- 2. Civil Beginnings 56
- 3. Philosophy Polite and Politic: Shaftesbury’s “Inmate Controller” 82
- 4. The Displacement of Civility: Violence in a Widening World 119
- 5. Civility after 1989: Romancing Small Groups 156
- 6. The Reach of Literature 183
- Notes 235
- Index 273