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… the need for sociable practices such as discussions, there was less of an impetus for the latter to develop. The art of conversation played a central role in Parisian salons, alongside gambling and literary readings. (Lilti 273–318) The … ) away from the hubbub of public life’ . In France, salons were thus the forums for ‘learned elocution’ and cultured conversation. 7 Georg Simmel claimed that sociability finds its origin in the internal ‘impulses’ driven by ‘individual … and contentment,’ and is accomplished through ‘pure reciprocal actions’ (e.g., without ‘material gain’). Sociable conversation fulfils this objective because, contrary to the goal of everyday discussion, which is to communicate …
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