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1992
Hariman, Robert (1992): Decorum, power, and the courtly style. In: Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (2), S. 149-172. DOI: 10.1080/00335639209383987

Abstract: If politics is an art, then matters of style must be crucial to ist practice. This essay considers how political actions are shaped by rhethorical practices that depend upon aesthetic perceptions. Modern assumptioms of artistic autonomy are replaced by the classical concept of decorum; which offers a model for understanding how political life is styled for rhetorical effect. The role of decorousness in contemporary politics is illustrated by the extreme case of the courtly style, which constitutes power through propriety, is centered on the king’s body, displaces speech with gesture, and ends in political paralysis.

Keywords: Ästhetik, Ästhetik und Politik, decorum, Diplomatic Protocol, Eigentum, Gesten, Koventionen, Gestik, Höfisch, Höfischer Stil, Kommunikation, Konventionen, Kultur, Kulturvergleich, Macht, Modelle/Theorien, Politik, Soziale Angemessenheit, Stil

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