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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462259103321

Autore

Pulcini Elena <1950->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-59603-2

9786613908483

0-7391-6658-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

141.4

302.5/44

Soggetti

Alienation (Social psychology)

Individualism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 theCommunitarian Individual: Homo Reciprocus; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 pathol