WHY MANNERSMATTER Hardback - 2009
by Holdforth, Lucinda
In the spirit of On Bullshit,a wonderfully erudite and entertainingessay about manners.
When Lucinda Holdforth told her mother she waswriting an essay about manners, her mother said,'You're writing a book about manners?' Deeplyoffended, Lucinda called her best friend and relayed what hermother had said. Her best friend paused before saying, 'Well,you do say 'f***' a lot.'
Welcome to the interesting quagmire Lucinda Holdforthfinds herself in. She believes that manners are essential to civilization.Yet according to the knife-and-fork snobs, or exclusivebores, her modern-day attitude might not scream manners.And in this age of global warming and warfare, aren't mannersfrivolous? Do manners really matter? Yes! she passionatelyexclaims. Citing everyone from Tocqueville to Proust to Borat,Holdforth shows how manners which many of us might thinkare inconsequential are actually the cornerstone of civilization.Incredibly smart, the book illustrates how the philosophiesof the greatest thinkers are relevant to our very modern lives.
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- Author Holdforth, Lucinda
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- Pages 192
- Language EN
- Publisher Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, NY USA
- Date 2009-03-05
- ISBN 9780399155321
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