33.3449, Books: Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson: Duranti (ed.)

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Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:42:05
From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson: Duranti (ed.)

 


Title: Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson 
Series Title: Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rethinking-politeness-with-henri-bergson-9780197637852?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Editor: Alessandro Duranti

Hardback: ISBN:  9780197637852 Pages: 188 Price: U.S. $ 99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780197637869 Pages: 188 Price: U.S. $ 34.95


Abstract:

In 1885, Henri Bergson addressed a class of French high school students on the
subject of politeness. Bergson would go on to become one of the most
influential philosophers of his time, yet although this essay set forth a
striking theory of politeness and foreshadowed aspects of his later work, it
remains remarkably little-known. Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson
offers the first English translation of Discours sur la Politesse, and brings
together leading linguistic anthropologists to critically engage with and
expand on Bergson's ideas.

At the core of Bergson's essay is a tripartite classification of politeness
acts into politesse des manières ("politeness of manners"), politesse de
l'esprit ("politeness of mind/spirit"), and politesse du coeur ("politeness of
the heart"). Presented along a hierarchy of intersubjective attunement and
ethical aspirations, Bergson's three types call for the progressive
abandonment of habits when they get in the way of our ability to help others.
They can also be read as an invitation to consider politeness as a dimension
of human sociability that is relevant to social theory. Collectively, the
essays in this volume untangle the ideological, socio-historical, and material
conditions that shape notions of the ideal social agent, and propose a
rethinking of politeness that serves as a bridge to larger issues of civility,
citizenship, and democracy.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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