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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... nature . In each case , how- ever , the intention is not so much to justify the practice of hypocrisy as to account for it by exposing the psychic machinery by which it operates . My own intention is neither to examine the psychology of ...
... nature . In each case , how- ever , the intention is not so much to justify the practice of hypocrisy as to account for it by exposing the psychic machinery by which it operates . My own intention is neither to examine the psychology of ...
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... nature.13 Arguments in favor of hypocrisy frequently appear in the guise of arguments about the force of habit. If hypocrisy simply means playing a part, might not the sufficient repetition of a given action allow the hypocrite a kind ...
... nature.13 Arguments in favor of hypocrisy frequently appear in the guise of arguments about the force of habit. If hypocrisy simply means playing a part, might not the sufficient repetition of a given action allow the hypocrite a kind ...
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... nature – i.e. , to say that swearing loy- alty oaths on a regular basis makes a man loyal , as Lord Kames as Lord Kames suggests in his Loose Hints upon Education ( 1781 ) .32 What with those who swore oaths without meaning them and ...
... nature – i.e. , to say that swearing loy- alty oaths on a regular basis makes a man loyal , as Lord Kames as Lord Kames suggests in his Loose Hints upon Education ( 1781 ) .32 What with those who swore oaths without meaning them and ...
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... natural ( though pos- sible unwelcome ) sequel to Hume's conclusions about gender and civility and a pyrrhic victory for Chesterfield's model of politeness . Chapter 3 , “ Revolutions in female manners , ” describes a three - way con ...
... natural ( though pos- sible unwelcome ) sequel to Hume's conclusions about gender and civility and a pyrrhic victory for Chesterfield's model of politeness . Chapter 3 , “ Revolutions in female manners , ” describes a three - way con ...
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... nature and obligations of sociability and about the threat posed to public virtue and polite culture by the existence of a numerous and increasingly vocal servant class. They differ, however, both in their willingness to name the ...
... nature and obligations of sociability and about the threat posed to public virtue and polite culture by the existence of a numerous and increasingly vocal servant class. They differ, however, both in their willingness to name the ...
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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