VIRTUE OF CIVILITY, THE

by Edward Shils, Steven Grosby (Editor)

Edward Shils was one of the leading intellectual defenders of freedom in the twentieth century. In these nine essays, he explores the importance of civility and tradition to a free society. The essays’ significance is enormous, for Shils was one of the first and assuredly one of the most courageous writers to examine the nature of civility and civil society and their relation to a free, ordered, liberal democratic society.

Edward Shils (1910–1995) was Professor of Sociology and Social Thought at the University of Chicago and Honorary Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Steven Grosby is an Associate Professor at Clemson University.

Genres: Politics, Sociology

410 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jimmacc]

So I’m going to call this finished. A collection of essays discussing various aspects of civility, and more often the lack of civility. The language is very dense, and I found the topics often veering from civility to blame. The last essay (providing the book’s title) to be the clearest and most direct.

Challenging for me in both language and thought process, it certainly gave me items to mull through.

[Emily Kidd]

Read for intro into poli sci class, taught by Tony Litherland my spring semester freshman year. See the the seven page book review for my thoughts lol