Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to AustenCambridge University Press, 2004 M05 6 - 242 páginas In Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness, Jenny Davidson considers the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue in its own right. She shows that these were arguments that thrived in the medium of eighteenth-century Britain's culture of politeness. In the debate about the balance between truthfulness and politeness, Davidson argues that eighteenth-century writers from Locke to Austen come down firmly on the side of politeness. This is the case even when it is associated with dissimulation or hypocrisy. These writers argue that the open profession of vice is far more dangerous for society than even the most glaring discrepancies between what people say in public and what they do in private. This book explores what happens when controversial arguments in favour of hypocrisy enter the mainstream, making it increasingly hard to tell the difference between hypocrisy and more obviously attractive qualities like modesty, self-control and tact. |
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... John Hollan- der, Carra Hood, Pearl James, Bill Jewett, Claudia Johnson, Diane Jowdy, Gene Kilik, Jim Kilik, Sue Lanser, Deidre Lynch, Michele Martinez, Chris Mayo, Edward Mendelson, Melanie Micir, Brooke Jewett Nadell, Astra Outley ...
... John Hollan- der, Carra Hood, Pearl James, Bill Jewett, Claudia Johnson, Diane Jowdy, Gene Kilik, Jim Kilik, Sue Lanser, Deidre Lynch, Michele Martinez, Chris Mayo, Edward Mendelson, Melanie Micir, Brooke Jewett Nadell, Astra Outley ...
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... John Stuart Mill as " more than any other people , a product of civilisation and discipline . ” 27 Yet for all these eighteenth - century writers , the restraint of appetites calls up the specter of hypocrisy : while politeness and good ...
... John Stuart Mill as " more than any other people , a product of civilisation and discipline . ” 27 Yet for all these eighteenth - century writers , the restraint of appetites calls up the specter of hypocrisy : while politeness and good ...
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... John F. Kasson's book on nineteenth - century American manners allows a token importance to “ the virtues of civility , ” which he identifies as an important prerequisite for democratic society , he precludes any deeper exploration of ...
... John F. Kasson's book on nineteenth - century American manners allows a token importance to “ the virtues of civility , ” which he identifies as an important prerequisite for democratic society , he precludes any deeper exploration of ...
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... John Stuart Mill offers what is virtually a defense of women whose dealings with their husbands are characterized by insincerity (though his defense does not of course extend to women who “deceive” their husbands in the sexual sense) ...
... John Stuart Mill offers what is virtually a defense of women whose dealings with their husbands are characterized by insincerity (though his defense does not of course extend to women who “deceive” their husbands in the sexual sense) ...
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... John Locke – share many assumptions about the importance of self-command to an education in manners, about the nature and obligations of sociability and about the threat posed to public virtue and polite culture by the existence of a ...
... John Locke – share many assumptions about the importance of self-command to an education in manners, about the nature and obligations of sociability and about the threat posed to public virtue and polite culture by the existence of a ...
Contenido
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15 | |
chapter two Gallantry adultery and the principles of politeness | 46 |
chapter three Revolutions in female manners | 76 |
Pamela or Virtue Rewarded | 108 |
a modest question about Mansfield Park | 146 |
coda Politeness and its costs | 170 |
Notes | 180 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 230 |
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Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to ... Jenny Davidson Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to ... Jenny Davidson Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
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