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008			971121s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 97044099
020			_a0465023843 (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm38024009
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBSU _dBSU
050	0	0	_aJC336 _b.C35 1998
082	0	0	_a321.8 CAR _221
100	1		_aCarter, Stephen L., _d1954- _99499
245	1	0	_aCivility : _bmanners, morals, and the etiquette of democracy / _cStephen L. Carter.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _cc1998.
300			_axiv, 338 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tBarbarians Running Late -- _g2. _tDo Manners Matter? -- _g3. _tThe Death of the Golden Age -- _g4. _tWelcoming the Stranger -- _g5. _tThe Embarrassment of Free Will -- _g6. _tSacrifice and Neighbor-Love -- _g7. _tThe Demon on the Other Side -- _g8. _tThe Varieties of (Not) Listening -- _g9. _tFighting Words -- _g10. _tMarket Language and the Linguistics of Incivility -- _g11. _tSome Technologies of Incivility -- _g12. _tLaw, Tolerance, and Civility's Illusions -- _g13. _tWhere Civility Begins -- _g14. _tUncivil Religion -- _g15. _tCivility and the Challenge of Christendom -- _g16. _tThe Etiquette of Democracy -- _g17. _tCoda: The Civility of Silence.
520			_aBasic good manners have become a casualty of our postmodern culture. Yale law professor and social critic Stephen L. Carter argues that civility is disintegrating because we have forgotten the obligations we owe to each other, and are awash instead in a sea of self-indulgence.
520	8		_aNeither liberals nor conservatives can help us much, Carter explains, because each political movement, in a different way, exemplifies what has become the principal value of modern America: that what matters most is not the needs or hopes of others, but simply getting what we want.
520	8		_aTaking inspiration from the Abolitionist sermons of the nineteenth century, Carter proposes to rebuild our public and private lives around the fundamental rule that we must love our neighbors, a tenet of all the world's great religions.
520	8		_aWriting with his familiar combination of erudition and wit, Carter examines the ways in which an ethic of neighbor-love would alter everything from our political campaigns to our fast food outlets to the information superhighway, from the way we behave in the workplace to the way we drive our cars to the way we argue about constitutional rights.
520	8		_aHe investigates many of the fundamental institutions of society - including the family, the churches, and the schoolsand illustrates how each one must do more to promote the virtue of civility.
650		0	_aCivil society. _99500
650		0	_aEtiquette. _99501
650		0	_aDemocracy. _98562
658			_apolitical science
900			_bTOC
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