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Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces-including revolution, imperialism, capitalism, nationalism, and war-and the ways that such elements limit the potential for civility.Combining wide-ranging historical and comparative evidence with social and moral theory, Hall examines how the nature of civility has fluctuated in the last three centuries, how it became lost, and how it was reestablished in the twentieth century following the two world wars. He also considers why civility is currently breaking down and what can be done to mitigate this threat.The Importance of Being Civil is a decisive and sophisticated addition to the discussion of civility in its modern cultural and historical contexts.

Civil society. --- Social ethics. --- Social contract --- Ethics --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Adam Smith. --- Adolf Hitler. --- Europe. --- European Union. --- Iranian communism. --- Jesuit communist communities. --- Karl Marx. --- Raymond Aron. --- United States. --- authenticity. --- authoritarianism. --- autonomy. --- capitalism. --- civil behavior. --- civil nationalism. --- civil political culture. --- civil society. --- civility. --- commercial society. --- communism. --- comparative advantage. --- conflict. --- cooperative relations. --- democracy. --- difference. --- disagreement. --- disenchantment. --- diversity. --- division of labor. --- economic growth. --- economic success. --- economic theory. --- heterogeneity. --- homogeneity. --- human personality. --- immigrants. --- imperialism. --- individuation. --- industrial relations. --- international relations. --- international tensions. --- international trade rivalries. --- military independence. --- modern intellectuals. --- modern science. --- modern world. --- modernist ideas. --- moral development. --- nationalism. --- negative resisting power. --- normal societal relations. --- personal authenticity. --- political civility. --- political elites. --- political theory. --- positive sum game. --- premodern communism. --- prudence. --- realism. --- religious charisma. --- revolution. --- social actors. --- social conditions. --- social contracts. --- social identities. --- social life. --- socialism. --- societal experimentation. --- societal self-organization. --- state behavior. --- states. --- status competition. --- sufficiencies. --- trust. --- virtue. --- visions. --- war. --- warring groups. --- working classes.