The individual without passions : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond /
Pulcini, Elena, 1950-
The individual without passions : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012. - 1 online resource (ix, 214 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations of the Main Classical Works Quoted in the Text; Chapter One: From the Ethics of Honorto Self-Preservation; Chapter Two: Between Acquisitive Passion and Passion of the Self: Homo Oeconomicus; Chapter Three: The Critique of Acquisitive Individualism and the Search for Authenticity; Chapter Four: The Disappearance of the Passions: Homo Democraticus; Chapter Five: The Passion of Giving and the Communitarian Individual: Homo Reciprocus; Bibliography; Index.
The innovative characteristic of the book lies in its tackling the topic of individualism from the original point of view of a theory of passions . It underlines the importance of the problem of the passions both in forming individual identity and building the social bond . It proposes to contrast the pathological effects of egoistical passions (acquisitive passion and passion of the Self), which are dominant in modernity, with empathetic and solidaristic passions, exemplified in the phenomenon of the gift.
English.
9780739166581 ebook 0739166581 1283596032 9781283596039 0739166573 9780739166574 9786613908483 6613908487
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2021678693
Alienation (Social psychology)
Individualism.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale)
Alienation (Social psychology)
Individualism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM1131
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The individual without passions : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012. - 1 online resource (ix, 214 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations of the Main Classical Works Quoted in the Text; Chapter One: From the Ethics of Honorto Self-Preservation; Chapter Two: Between Acquisitive Passion and Passion of the Self: Homo Oeconomicus; Chapter Three: The Critique of Acquisitive Individualism and the Search for Authenticity; Chapter Four: The Disappearance of the Passions: Homo Democraticus; Chapter Five: The Passion of Giving and the Communitarian Individual: Homo Reciprocus; Bibliography; Index.
The innovative characteristic of the book lies in its tackling the topic of individualism from the original point of view of a theory of passions . It underlines the importance of the problem of the passions both in forming individual identity and building the social bond . It proposes to contrast the pathological effects of egoistical passions (acquisitive passion and passion of the Self), which are dominant in modernity, with empathetic and solidaristic passions, exemplified in the phenomenon of the gift.
English.
9780739166581 ebook 0739166581 1283596032 9781283596039 0739166573 9780739166574 9786613908483 6613908487
7621398
2021678693
Alienation (Social psychology)
Individualism.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale)
Alienation (Social psychology)
Individualism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM1131
302.5/44