The individual without passions : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle.

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Pulcini, Elena, 1950-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 214 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780739166581
0739166581
1283596032
9781283596039
0739166573
9780739166574
9786613908483
6613908487

Uniform titles:

Individuo senza passioni. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: The individual without passionsDDC classification:

302.5/44 23

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HM1131

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.

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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.

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