Pride, manners, and morals : Bernard Mandeville's anatomy of honour / by Andrea Branchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branchi, Andrea, author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 334.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 334

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733--Criticism and interpretation.

Mandeville, Bernard.

Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.

Honor in literature.

Social values in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

England--Intellectual life--18th century.

England.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 199 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"In Pride, Manners, and Morals: Bernard Mandeville's Anatomy of Honour, Andrea Branchi offers a reading of the Anglo-Dutch physician and thinker's philosophical project from the hitherto neglected perspective of his lifelong interest in the theme of honour. Through an examination of Mandeville's anatomy of early eighteenth-century beliefs, practices and manners in terms of motivating passions, the book traces the development of his thought on human nature and the origin of sociability. By making honour and its roots in the desire for recognition the central thread of Mandeville's theory of society, Andrea Branchi offers a unified reading of his work and highlights his relevance as a thinker far beyond the moral problem of commercial societies, opening up new perspectives in Mandeville's studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Chastity and courage

Bernard Mandeville's anatomy of honour

Prologue: Rotterdam, Leyden and London

Mandeville's continental background

Mandeville's female voices. The century of sex

The virgin unmask'd

Female education: "What girls should do with Latin?"

The Oxford gentleman and Philopirio. Living dead and public benefactors

The duel of honour

Medicine and philosophy: the hypp'd nation

The political offspring of pride. Powerful persuasions

Men of fashion, bullies in morality

Natural and artificial courage

Politeness and virtue. Mandeville's rise to fame

Hypocrisy and self-deception

The ticklish foundation of female virtue

Cleomenes and Horatio. Portrait of a complete gentleman

Self-liking and the origin of politeness

A conjectural history of sociability

Modern honour and the cult of the self. Martial virtue

The history of pride

Mandeville's challenge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Branchi, Andrea. Pride, manners, and morals

ISBN:

9789004194519

9004194517

OCLC:

1286069620