Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… during this period. Concepts > Antagonism & Resistance Mots-clés Antagonism Civility Enmity Falsehood Friendship Gender Politeness Women Friendship held an important place in social relations. But one of the major challenges that men and … dealt with the subject of enmity. However, it was always a central feature of the literature on friendship and politeness, which contained abundant evidence of the perils that came from contracting close intimacies with those who … concern that surrounded the masquerade-like superficiality that dominated displays of eighteenth-century polite culture. Politeness was ‘implicitly dishonest’ because it demanded dissimulation. This involved not only the suppression of one’s …
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