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Humility

The Secret History of a Lost Virtue
  • ISBN-13: 9781647123765
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Christopher M. Bellitto
  • Price: AUD $49.99
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  • Local release date: 12/10/2023
  • Format: Hardback (203.00mm X 127.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 280g
  • Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]
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This cultural history of humility reveals this lost virtue as a secret defense against arrogance and incivility History demonstrates that when the virtue of humility is cast aside, excessive individualism follows. A person who lacks humility is at risk of developing a deceptive sense of certitude and at worst denies basic human rights, respect, and dignity to anyone they identify as the enemy. Humility, a cultural history and biography of the idea of humility, argues that the frightening alternative to humility has been the death of civility. In this book, Bellitto explores humility in Greco-Roman history, philosophy, and literature; in the ancient and medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures and sermons; in the Enlightenment; and in contemporary discussions of education in virtue and citizenship. The author encourages readers to recover and reclaim this lost virtue by developing a new perspective on humility as an alternative to the diseases of hubris, arrogance, and narcissism in society. This book offers a fresh perspective on this lost virtue for readers concerned with the culture wars and those interested in finding a path to renewed civility.
Christopher M. Bellitto is professor of history at Kean University in New Jersey, where he teaches courses on ancient and medieval history. He is the author of ten books and also serves as series editor in chief of Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition and as academic editor at large for Paulist Press.
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