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Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
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In 1885, Henri Bergson addressed a class of French high school
students on the subject of politeness. Bergson would go on to
become one of the most influential philosophers of his time, yet
although this essay set forth a striking theory of politeness and
foreshadowed aspects of his later work, it remains remarkably
little-known. Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson offers the
first English translation of Discours sur la Politesse, and brings
together leading linguistic anthropologists to critically engage
with and expand on Bergson's ideas. At the core of Bergson's essay
is a tripartite classification of politeness acts into politesse
des manieres ("politeness of manners"), politesse de l'esprit
("politeness of mind/spirit"), and politesse du coeur ("politeness
of the heart"). Presented along a hierarchy of intersubjective
attunement and ethical aspirations, Bergson's three types call for
the progressive abandonment of habits when they get in the way of
our ability to help others. They can also be read as an invitation
to consider politeness as a dimension of human sociability that is
relevant to social theory. Collectively, the essays in this volume
untangle the ideological, socio-historical, and material conditions
that shape notions of the ideal social agent, and propose a
rethinking of politeness that serves as a bridge to larger issues
of civility, citizenship, and democracy.
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