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""The success of a diverse liberal democracy depends on civility. This timely anthology brings together brilliant minds from different perspectives who remind us that civility is an essential virtue that we need to teach in the United States. Civility means practicing the politics of the Golden Rule - treating other people as you would like to be treated. In a time of rising tribalism and political violence there could be no more redemptive or necessary message."" - John Avlon, author of Lincoln and the Fight for Peace  ""This timely book's galaxy of progressive scholars contends that democracy's sine qua non is civility. But an old kleptocracy twinned with a new autocracy may yet yield a truer version of our vaunted exceptionalism. Civility Unbound: Contesting a Democratic Value poses nothing less than an existential question for these beleaguered times."" - David Levering Lewis, New York University ""Michael F. DiNiscia and Ellyn M. Toscano give powerful voice to essayists who vividly remind us that while the First Amendment guarantees free speech, civic and civil engagement also demand an obligation to listen to other points of view."" - Sam Roberts, New York Times  ""Civility is core to the American DNA and yet, somehow, we've lost it. The essays in Civility Unbound tell us how to get it back. Whether it's through looking at lessons from the past or adding more punchlines to our everyday life, this book left me feeling hopeful about where to go from here."" - Negin Farsad, author of How to Make White People Laugh

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Michael DiNiscia (Editor) Michael F. DiNiscia serves as Director of Research & Strategic Initiatives of the NYU Brademas Center. He is the co-editor of Are the Arts Essential? Ellyn M. Toscano (Editor) Ellyn M. Toscano is a Member of the Advisory Council of the NYU Brademas Center and Executive Director of the Hawthornden Foundation.

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