Unities, decorum and stock character in the neoclassical inheritance

What this note covers

1. Neoclassical inheritance values order, probability and rule
2. Unity of action concentrates consequence
3. Unities of time and place compress pressure
4. Decorum regulates conduct, language and representation
5. Stock character makes social function immediately legible
6. Worked Neoclassical transformation of a public hearing
7. Worked unity experiment: one room, one hour, one damaging rumour
8. Worked decorum transformation: status rules in an urgent-care clinic

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