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'Civility' in history: some observations on the history of the concept.
- Source :
- European Review of History; Jun2011, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p313-333, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This article investigates a number of conceptual and empirical issues relating to the ambiguity of the concept 'civility'. By asking what kind of problems 'civility' was a response to, it highlights the ambiguity of the concept in a long-term historical context and demonstrates this in a number of key areas for twentieth-century European history: the relationship between civility and violence, civility and the un-making of death, civility and recognition, civility and subjectivity, as well as the dynamic relationship between inclusion and exclusion that characterises the practice of civility particularly in colonial and post-colonial contexts. It then develops a number of themes highlighted by the use of 'civility' as a historical concept, arguing that contemporary meanings of the concept has to be incorporated in empirical studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13507486
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Review of History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 61215657
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2011.574681