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Politeness [ Taste & Manners / Education ]

… print culture and consumption patterns. Concepts > Taste & Manners Practices > Education Mots-clés Social relations Civility Urban life Consumption Politeness was a key word in eighteenth-century Britain, and its meanings were actualized … frequently in English texts in the later decades of the seventeenth century. Prior to that, words such as ‘courtesy’ or ‘civility’ conveyed ideals of sociability. The rise of the term ‘politeness’ was founded on translations of the French … developments in urban living, class aspiration, print culture and consumption patterns. … Social relations … Civility … Urban life … Consumption … Politeness …

Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]

… Mots-clés false friendship enemies Politeness betrayal Gender candour dissimulation reputation female friendship Civility Friendship held an important place in social relations. But one of the major challenges that men and women faced … The natural sincerity associated with women, meant that female company came to encapsulate many of the ideals of civility and good manners expected of people of quality. 10 However, the consequences of failed or false friendship were … be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour’. In fact, it was important for an enemy to be shown ‘rather more civility than [...] another man’. This was not dissimulation, he assured his son, but necessary ‘for the quiet and …

Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]

… and politeness behind the virtue of obedience. Concepts > Political & Moral philosophy People > Philosophy Mots-clés Civility Friendship Hobbes Sovereignty Violence War The refutation of natural sociability The majority of political … to endure. So, from a political viewpoint, sociability reverts to the lesser form of a useful commodity associated with civility. No longer the foundation of social life, sociability simply becomes a by-product of its institution. At the … those that have been ‘polished’ against other, exemplary morals, guaranteed by the ‘police’ of the State. The resulting civility should not be understood as urbanity, politeness, or mere flattery. Like other moralists, Hobbes appealed to …

Politics [ Politics & Society / Feelings & Emotions ]

… of such an appointment and strongly opposed it, was such that elite Society itself formed opposing camps and common civility was a victim. By the end of December, the Regency had become the dominant and divisive topic of conversation and … in the locality through their presence and ostentatious display, as well as through their conscientious attention to civility and the paternalistic niceties of hospitality. The nonstop socializing could be exhausting, though, as Lady … were expected to step temporarily out of their social sphere and mix with, or even cater to, their social inferiors. Civility and sociability mattered in securing votes. Voters expected treats and feasts and candidates who would not think …

Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]

… that of cultural comparison, she cleverly relocates British sociable values – virtue, politeness, modesty and civility – from British sociable places (‘the assemblies’) to the Turkish hot bath.   1 . Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, …

Royal Society [ Institutions / Clubs & Societies ]

… work A Social History of Truth (1994) presents the Royal Society as a microcosm of genteel society; a culture of civility where birth, wealth, and virtue were connected in the moral economy of scientific knowledge. Given their … and Queen Mary. In the portrait, Dampier was depicted modestly with his journal in hand, evoking an image of humble civility, as well as learning. His influence within the Royal Society was such that his brother, George Dampier, appealed … the Experimental Life (Princeton, NJ: Princeton . University Press, 2018). Shapin, Steven, A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995). … Founded in 1660, the …