The Philosophy of (Im)politeness

Chaoqun Xie is a professor at the School of English Studies, Zhejiang International Studies University, China. Internet pragmatics and (im)politeness are his current primary scholarly interests. His recent edited volumes include (Im)politeness and Moral Order in Online Interactions (John Benjamins, 2020), originally published as special issue of Internet Pragmatics 1:2 (2018), and Approaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and Practice (co-edited with Francisco Yus and Hartmut Haberland, John Benjamins, 2021).

Chapter 1. Introduction. Approaching (im)politeness philosophically.- Part I. Social (im)politeness.- Chapter 2. Impoliteness and the human subject.- Chapter 3. Politeness as a social artistry.- Chapter 4. The social and epistemic benefits of polite conversations.- Part II. Normative (im)politeness.- Chapter 5. Mobile (im)politeness: The view from pragmatics.- Chapter 6. Polite strangers and 'rude' friends.- Chapter 7. The heart of politeness: Beyond social norms.- Part III. Emotional (im)politeness.- Chapter 8. Politeness, emotion and Aristotlean virtue.- Chapter 9. The epistemic value of politeness as a virtue.- Chapter 10. Politeness and tact in romantic love.- Part IV. Moral (im)politeness.- Chapter 11. Politeness and Pietas as annexed to the virtue of justice.- Chapter 12. 'An illusion of affability that inspires love': Kant on the value and disvalue of politeness.- Chapter 13. The hermeneutics of (im)politeness.