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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... becomes second nature . In each case , how- ever , the intention is not so much to justify the practice of hypocrisy as ... become vulnerable to attack . While initially offering writers a provocative form in which to revise and critique ...
... becomes second nature . In each case , how- ever , the intention is not so much to justify the practice of hypocrisy as ... become vulnerable to attack . While initially offering writers a provocative form in which to revise and critique ...
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... become second nature in contexts as various as religious observance, oaths of political allegiance, courtesy to a ... becomes nature: dissimulation in the end sublimates itself , and organs and instincts are the surprising fruit The ...
... become second nature in contexts as various as religious observance, oaths of political allegiance, courtesy to a ... becomes nature: dissimulation in the end sublimates itself , and organs and instincts are the surprising fruit The ...
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... become an unspeakable virtue . Many defenses of hypocrisy begin by giving it an attractive alias : manners , civility , decorum , self - control , politeness . To defend hypocrisy under its own name means breaking a taboo , and a strong ...
... become an unspeakable virtue . Many defenses of hypocrisy begin by giving it an attractive alias : manners , civility , decorum , self - control , politeness . To defend hypocrisy under its own name means breaking a taboo , and a strong ...
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... hypocritical for their own advantage and for that of the government , but also with the oath more generally , as a form of words in which meaning had become equivocal The revolution in manners in eighteenth - century prose 9.
... hypocritical for their own advantage and for that of the government , but also with the oath more generally , as a form of words in which meaning had become equivocal The revolution in manners in eighteenth - century prose 9.
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... become equivocal . As the debate about oaths suggests , eighteenth - century arguments against insincerity in language cover two quite different cases . One objection is to special forms of language , especially to the pressure - point ...
... become equivocal . As the debate about oaths suggests , eighteenth - century arguments against insincerity in language cover two quite different cases . One objection is to special forms of language , especially to the pressure - point ...
Contenido
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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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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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