| The Virtue of Civility: Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil Society Contributor(s): Shils, Edward (Author), Grosby, Steven (Editor) |
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ISBN: 086597148X ISBN-13: 9780865971486 Publisher: Liberty Fund OUR PRICE: $11.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 301 |
| LCCN: 96031391 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.14" W x 8.99" (1.41 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |