3 The Renaissance and the New Secular Civility. • Introduction ... The
Enlightenment and the Civility of Tolerance. 5 ... Social Bonds, Alienation and
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CONTENTS
Dedication Acknowledgements 1 Introduction
PART I - THE GENEAOLOGY OF WESTERN COURTESY AND CIVILITY 2
From Barbarism to Medieval Courtly Manners • Introduction • Rationalizing Christianity in a Violent Era: • The New Culture of Restraint • From Violence to Righteous Anger • The Ethic of Nobility and the Coming of Age of the Knight • Courtly Love and Transcendental Devotion
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The Renaissance and the New Secular Civility • Introduction • Humanism, Aesthetics and Individuation • The Art and Pragmatics of Deference • Seminal Conduct Themes and Books of the Renaissance Balancing Desire and Communal Survival - The Prince Balancing Courtesy and Integrity - The Book of the Courtier Balancing Religious Creed and Personal Judgment – The Colloquies Manners for All Seasons: The Galateo • The New Citizenship and the Raising of the Shame Threshold
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Protestantism and the Enlightenment: Shifts in Identity and SelfAwareness • Protestantism, Identity and the Contingency of Personal Worth • The Enlightenment and the Civility of Tolerance
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French Court Society, the French Revolution and the Paradoxes of French Civility • The Impasse Between Divine Rights and Civic Liberty • Etiquette, Délicatesse and the Politics of Status and Refinement • From Etiquette to Civility: The Art of Conversing • Salon Culture: The New Bastion of Distinction
• Post-Revolutionary Affirmation of French Culture: Reconciling Sentimentalism, Reason and Style • The Ascension of Bourgeois Morality and Sentimentality • French Café Culture and Public Interaction • Authority and Liberty: The Legacy of Napoleonic France 6
England and the Victorian Ethic: Reconciling Morality and Etiquette • Harmonizing Monarchy and Liberty • Early English Courtesy Literature • From Regency to Victorian Morality • Reconciling Morality and Etiquette • The Polite and Considerate Individual • From 18th Century Sentimentality to Victorian Romanticism • Self-Help: The Importance of Being Earnest • The Dangers of Impropriety: Romanticizing Sexuality and Family Life
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The American Experience: Democracy and Informal Civility • The Founding Standard: America as a Manifest Destiny • American Conduct, Etiquette and Action-Oriented Individualism Children's Conduct Books Men's Conduct Books Women's Conduct Books • Being at Ease: The New American Civility • Reflections on the Meanings and Consequences of a Civility of 'Ease' • Summary: Comparing the Cultural History of American, English and French Civility
PART II – THEORIZING CIVILITY 8
The Rise of the Oppositional Self and the New Therapeutic Society • Loss of Heart and the New Critical Civility Corporate Culture and American Consensual Optimism The Cultural Revolution of the 1960's and its Effects on Civility Shifts in Social Philosophy • The New Therapeutic Society The Freeing of the Expressive Body Therapeutic Romance and Civility Therapeutic Parenting and Civility The Risks and Opportunities of a Culture of Personal Entitlement
Organizations, Civility and the Dilemmas of the Corporate Worker 9
Socialization, Restraint and Civilization • Towards an Emotionally Informed Sociology • Norbert Elias' Theory of Restraint and the Civilizing Process • The Social Construction of Civil Identity.
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Social and Emotional Components of Civil Interaction: Towards A Topology of Civility • The Cross-Cultural Dimension • Time, Context and Space • The Various Faces of Civility: Politeness Theory • Guilt and Personal Liberty • The Emotional and Ideological Nature of Embarrassment and Shame • Social Bonds, Alienation and Civility
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A Framework for Civility Research
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A Comparison of Contemporary American. French and English Civility • State Systems and Social Relations • Family and Child-Rearing • The Notion of Self and Self-Esteem • Education • Conversation • Friendship • Courtship • Work Ethic • State Bureaucracy and Citizenship • Civility, Embarrassment, and Shame in Cross-Cultural Context
