L'idee de politesse dans les manuels de bonnes manieres
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Abstract EN:
Based on a comprehensive detailed study of etiquette book of the 19th and 20th centuries, this book reviews the general principles underlying the rules of politeness. These principles may be summed up as follows: - the attenuation of violence as a means to protect personal security - the preservation of the hierarchic organisation of society - the assertion of one's belonging to the group and the coherent structure of society - the submission of one's behaviour to the necessity of order, harmony and rationality - the consideration of other's people's opinion - the respect of other people as sensitive beings - the representation of idealized human relations. The confrontation of the aforesaid principles with contemporacy values makes it possible to draw up a moral diagnosis of our time.
Abstract FR:
A partir d'une etude detaillee des manuels de bonne manieres du 19eme siecle et du 20eme siecle, cet ouvrage dresse l'inventaire des principes generaux qui sous-cendent les regles de politesse. Ces principes sont: - l'attenuation de la violence et la preservation de la securite physique. - le maintien de l'organisation hierarchique, - l'affirmation de l'appartenance au groupe et de la cohesion sociale. - la soumission de la conduite a un imperatif d'ordre, d'harmonie et de rationalite, - le souci de l'opinion, - le respect d'autrui considere comme un etre sensible, - la representation de rapports humaine idealises. La confrontation de ces principes avec les valeurs contemporaines permet de formuler un diagnostic moral sur notre epoque.