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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... character and behavior.2 The belief that close scrutiny will always expose the hypocrite's true self depends on the highly questionable assumption that any given individual can be considered sim- ply as the sum of a set of words and ...
... character and behavior.2 The belief that close scrutiny will always expose the hypocrite's true self depends on the highly questionable assumption that any given individual can be considered sim- ply as the sum of a set of words and ...
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... characters I have named are compelled to anatomize their own hypocrisy in a complex play of self- loathing and self - aggrandizement . The hypocrite's often manipulative dis- play of feelings that run the gamut from embarrassment to ...
... characters I have named are compelled to anatomize their own hypocrisy in a complex play of self- loathing and self - aggrandizement . The hypocrite's often manipulative dis- play of feelings that run the gamut from embarrassment to ...
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... character – for it has led me into so many curs'd Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.”12 I propose that the language of politeness offers a powerful alter- native to the language of subjectivity for describing the various ...
... character – for it has led me into so many curs'd Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.”12 I propose that the language of politeness offers a powerful alter- native to the language of subjectivity for describing the various ...
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... character”), Johnson cites Swift's Project: “Hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice: it wears the livery of religion, and is cautious of giving scandal: nay, continued disguises are too great a constraint: men ...
... character”), Johnson cites Swift's Project: “Hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice: it wears the livery of religion, and is cautious of giving scandal: nay, continued disguises are too great a constraint: men ...
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Contenido
1 | |
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 |
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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