The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study

This paper dedicated to Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux is a case study in order to emphasize the heuristic virtue of the notion of acceptability in social sciences and humanities. We take into account two levels of analysis : the first is a clandestine poetic production, where an original and radical p...

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Main Author: Jean-Pierre Cavaillé
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Language:fra
Published: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire 2014-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/6198
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description This paper dedicated to Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux is a case study in order to emphasize the heuristic virtue of the notion of acceptability in social sciences and humanities. We take into account two levels of analysis : the first is a clandestine poetic production, where an original and radical philosophical posture is adopted, but which is also composed by more innocuous verses; the second is the public character of Des Barreaux, famous for his scandalous and outrageous behavior. We suggest the formula of restricted acceptability in order to deal with these two levels and their relationships. Texts whose publication in the author's name would be unacceptable are accepted and meet an audience in a relative clandestinity. Des Barreaux’s character, whose behavior is considered scandalous, is fully integrated into the social life of the court and the high society in Paris and escapes public condemnation ; he is deemed acceptable in his familiar social places. Using the notion of limited acceptability allows us to highlight that the limits of what is acceptable in the same years of the hardening of the Catholic order in France was much looser and resilient than one might imagine.
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spelling doaj-art-438fd167ebfc49c09aaeb6c8aab1a0932025-08-20T02:33:08ZfraGroupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du LittéraireLes Dossiers du GRIHL1958-92472014-11-0110.4000/dossiersgrihl.6198The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case StudyJean-Pierre CavailléThis paper dedicated to Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux is a case study in order to emphasize the heuristic virtue of the notion of acceptability in social sciences and humanities. We take into account two levels of analysis : the first is a clandestine poetic production, where an original and radical philosophical posture is adopted, but which is also composed by more innocuous verses; the second is the public character of Des Barreaux, famous for his scandalous and outrageous behavior. We suggest the formula of restricted acceptability in order to deal with these two levels and their relationships. Texts whose publication in the author's name would be unacceptable are accepted and meet an audience in a relative clandestinity. Des Barreaux’s character, whose behavior is considered scandalous, is fully integrated into the social life of the court and the high society in Paris and escapes public condemnation ; he is deemed acceptable in his familiar social places. Using the notion of limited acceptability allows us to highlight that the limits of what is acceptable in the same years of the hardening of the Catholic order in France was much looser and resilient than one might imagine.https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/6198libertinismatheismacceptabilityDes BarreauxThéophile de Viau
spellingShingle Jean-Pierre Cavaillé
The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
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libertinism
atheism
acceptability
Des Barreaux
Théophile de Viau
title The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
title_full The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
title_fullStr The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
title_short The Limits of Acceptability: The Glorious Debauchee Jacques Vallée Des Barreaux. A Case Study
title_sort limits of acceptability the glorious debauchee jacques vallee des barreaux a case study
topic libertinism
atheism
acceptability
Des Barreaux
Théophile de Viau
url https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/6198
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