Radical Civility - A Study in Utopia and Democracy

Radical Civility unearths civility's extraordinary potential by addressing why the virtue has fallen into crisis, recalling the injunctions that transpose utopia upon the stingy politics of likelihood, and by offering a vision of citizens who find purpose in dignifying each other.

List of contents

1. Introduction Part 1 2. Warning Sign 3. The Problem of Malpropriety Part 2 4. Civility and Justice 5. Radical Civilities Part 3 6. Democratic Manners 7. Utopian Citizenship 8. Conclusion

About the author

Jason Caro is associate professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown and has published in venues ranging from Political Theory and Political Studies to Philosophy and Social Criticism and the Continental Philosophy Review. His first book was titled the Origins of Free Peoples. This is his second book and should be a useful addition to the topic of civility and the politics of manners.

Summary

Radical Civility unearths civility’s extraordinary potential by addressing why the virtue has fallen into crisis, recalling the injunctions that transpose utopia upon the stingy politics of likelihood, and by offering a vision of citizens who find purpose in dignifying each other.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Caro
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032358161
• ISBN: 978-1-032-35816-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Public Administration, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory