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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... truth and civility . Among the advocates of politeness are writers like Swift , Hume and Burke who make manners the basis of civilization . Their arguments for civility are sometimes so extreme , how- ever , as to constitute outright ...
... truth and civility . Among the advocates of politeness are writers like Swift , Hume and Burke who make manners the basis of civilization . Their arguments for civility are sometimes so extreme , how- ever , as to constitute outright ...
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... truth , the problem of hypocrisy would come to be associated with several differ- ent forms of language : not just with the provisions of the Test Acts , which asked dissenters and Catholics to be hypocritical for their own advantage ...
... truth , the problem of hypocrisy would come to be associated with several differ- ent forms of language : not just with the provisions of the Test Acts , which asked dissenters and Catholics to be hypocritical for their own advantage ...
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... truth is,” Mill says, “that the position of looking up to another is extremely unpropitious to complete sincerity and openness with him.”40 However desirable openness might be ( and Mill , like The revolution in manners in eighteenth ...
... truth is,” Mill says, “that the position of looking up to another is extremely unpropitious to complete sincerity and openness with him.”40 However desirable openness might be ( and Mill , like The revolution in manners in eighteenth ...
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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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