Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness - Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen (Hardcover, REV. and Update)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Jenny Davidson
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	REV. and Update
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-83523-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Promotions
LSN:	0-521-83523-2
Barcode:	9780521835237

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