Bourgeois dignity: Making the self-made man

• Main Author: HENDERSON, Christine Dunn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Addison; Steele; bourgeois dignity; eighteenth century; commercial; virtue; Spectator; independence; self-making; politeness; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3400; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4657/viewcontent/On_Bourgeois_Dignity_Making_the_Self_Mad.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Somewhere near the beginning of the eighteenth century a new concept of “dignity” was emerging alongside the rise of a new socioeconomic class, the bourgeoisie. This chapter explores the development of this distinctive new concept of dignity, investigating first the key elements of the so-called bou...