In this episode, I chat with Alexandra Hudson, writer, popular speaker, founder of Civic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness and truth, and author of The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves, a forthcoming book from St. Martin’s Press.
Highlights
What Lexi’s newsletter, Civic Renaissance, is about
The central message of her new book, The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves
What is the difference between civility and politeness?
Why classics are still important today
Whether you need a philosophy or classics degree to benefit from classical wisdom
What's happened to civility today? How can we restore civil discourse?
About Lexi’s Storytelling and the Human Condition elearning course
What can great stories across different cultures tell us about our lives?
Links
The Soul of Civility on Macmillan’s website
Alexandra Hudson on Classics and Civility