The trouble with passion : political theory beyond the reign of reason / Cheryl Hall.

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Hall, Cheryl Ann, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 159 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781135336400
1135336407
9780203952368
0203952367
1135336474
9781135336479
1283991586
9781283991582

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trouble with passion.DDC classification:

320.019

LOC classification:

JA74.5 .H34 2005

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Contents:

What about all those flags? : passion in politics -- The passions and the reasons : conceptualizing capacities -- Public reason, private passion : the trouble with passion in liberal political theory -- "The madness of Eros is the greatest of heaven's blessings" : Plato's passion for the good -- "A man who had no passions would be a very bad citizen" : Rousseau's passion for community -- "Our erotic knowledge empowers us" : passion and action in contemporary feminist theory -- Passion, politics, and democratic education.

Summary: Political theorists have long argued that passion has no place in the political realm where reason reigns supreme. But, is this dichotomy between reason and passion sustainable? Does it underestimate the indispensable role of passion in a fully democratic society? Drawing upon Plato, Rousseau, and contemporary feminist theorists, Cheryl Hall argues that passion is an essential component of a just political community and that the need to educate passion together with reason is paramount. Trouble with Passion provides a compelling defense of the crucial place of passion in politics.

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Political theorists have long argued that passion has no place in the political realm where reason reigns supreme. But, is this dichotomy between reason and passion sustainable? Does it underestimate the indispensable role of passion in a fully democratic society? Drawing upon Plato, Rousseau, and contemporary feminist theorists, Cheryl Hall argues that passion is an essential component of a just political community and that the need to educate passion together with reason is paramount. Trouble with Passion provides a compelling defense of the crucial place of passion in politics.