TY  - GEN
AB  - Being rude is often more gratifying and enjoyable than being polite. Likewise, rudeness can be a more accurate and powerful reflection of how I feel and think. This is especially true in a political environment that can make being polite seem foolish or naive. Civility and ordinary politeness are linked both to big values, such as respect and consideration, and to the fundamentally social nature of human beings. This text explores the powerful temptations to incivility and rudeness, but argues that they should generally be resisted. Drawing on early Chinese philosophers who lived during great political turmoil but nonetheless sought to 'mind their manners,' it articulates a way of thinking about politeness that is distinctively social. It takes as a given that we can feel profoundly alienated from others, and that other people can sometimes be truly terrible.
AU  - Olberding, Amy,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - BJ1533.C9
ID  - 892428
KW  - Courtesy.
KW  - Philosophy, Chinese.
KW  - Philosophy, Confucian.
KW  - Body language.
KW  - Facial expression.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190880965.001.0001
N1  - Also issued in print: 2019.
N2  - Being rude is often more gratifying and enjoyable than being polite. Likewise, rudeness can be a more accurate and powerful reflection of how I feel and think. This is especially true in a political environment that can make being polite seem foolish or naive. Civility and ordinary politeness are linked both to big values, such as respect and consideration, and to the fundamentally social nature of human beings. This text explores the powerful temptations to incivility and rudeness, but argues that they should generally be resisted. Drawing on early Chinese philosophers who lived during great political turmoil but nonetheless sought to 'mind their manners,' it articulates a way of thinking about politeness that is distinctively social. It takes as a given that we can feel profoundly alienated from others, and that other people can sometimes be truly terrible.
SN  - 9780190880996 
T1  - The wrong of rudeness :learning modern civility from ancient Chinese philosophy /
TI  - The wrong of rudeness :learning modern civility from ancient Chinese philosophy /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190880965.001.0001
ER  -