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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 interested in finding a path to renewed civility.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Problem and the Potential
Chapter One: Ancient Notions of Humility
Chapter Two: Humility in a Biblical Key
Chapter Three: A Medieval Golden Age
Chapter Four: The Paradox of Learned Ignorance
Chapter Five: Modernity Forgets—and Starts to Remember
Epilogue: Recovering a Lost Virtue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
