Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to AustenCambridge University Press, 06.05.2004 - 242 Seiten 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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... Burke respectively. To each of them I owe an immense intellectual debt. For their encouragement, suggestions and/or comments on drafts, I would like to thank the following: Irene Adams, Rachel Adams, Jonathan Arac, Jim Basker, Louise ...
... Burke respectively. To each of them I owe an immense intellectual debt. For their encouragement, suggestions and/or comments on drafts, I would like to thank the following: Irene Adams, Rachel Adams, Jonathan Arac, Jim Basker, Louise ...
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... Burke who make manners the basis of civilization . Their arguments for civility are sometimes so extreme , how- ever , as to constitute outright defenses of hypocrisy , and hence become vulnerable to attack . While initially offering ...
... Burke who make manners the basis of civilization . Their arguments for civility are sometimes so extreme , how- ever , as to constitute outright defenses of hypocrisy , and hence become vulnerable to attack . While initially offering ...
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... Burke against a group of adver- saries, including Wollstonecraft and Godwin, who substitute sincerity for Burke's chivalry and politeness. While Wollstonecraft offers one of the eigh- teenth century's most persuasive challenges to the ...
... Burke against a group of adver- saries, including Wollstonecraft and Godwin, who substitute sincerity for Burke's chivalry and politeness. While Wollstonecraft offers one of the eigh- teenth century's most persuasive challenges to the ...
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... Burke and Wordsworth to William James, who quotes the Duke of Wellington's famous exclamation: “Habit a second nature! Habit is ten times nature.”15 Like Johnson, James identifies habit as an essential tech- nique for self-fashioning ...
... Burke and Wordsworth to William James, who quotes the Duke of Wellington's famous exclamation: “Habit a second nature! Habit is ten times nature.”15 Like Johnson, James identifies habit as an essential tech- nique for self-fashioning ...
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... Burke says , " in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . " 26 Self - control is never synonymous with hypocrisy , of course , and Burke shares with his contemporaries Johnson and Burney a ...
... Burke says , " in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . " 26 Self - control is never synonymous with hypocrisy , of course , and Burke shares with his contemporaries Johnson and Burney a ...
Inhalt
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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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