Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen by Jenny Davidson

Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen

Jenny Davidson

242 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing--breeding--cou...

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