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Benet Davetian's scintillating tour de force fills a gaping void in the history of ideas. If you are serious about the civility-civilization connection, you will want your well-thumbed copy of Norbert Elias' tome to share a place on your nightstand with this newcomer destined to last. ' P.M. Forni, Professor, Johns Hopkins University. Author of Choosing Civility: The 25 Rules of Considerate Conduct 'Civility: A cultural History" is a tour-de-force: a work of dazzling scholarship on this core concept of our social life, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, and covering France, England and the United States. Spitting, line-up etiquette, toilet hygiene, good… Read more
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