02540nam 2200577Ia 450 991078578780332120230126205739.01-283-59603-297866139084830-7391-6658-1(CKB)2670000000241612(EBL)1021159(OCoLC)810414832(SSID)ssj0000711432(PQKBManifestationID)12304706(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711432(PQKBWorkID)10682138(PQKB)10874346(MiAaPQ)EBC1021159(Au-PeEL)EBL1021159(CaPaEBR)ebr10599007(CaONFJC)MIL390848(EXLCZ)99267000000024161220120607d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe individual without passions[electronic resource] modern individualism and the loss of the social bond /Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen WhittleLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-6657-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 patholAlienation (Social psychology)IndividualismAlienation (Social psychology)Individualism.141.4302.5/44Pulcini Elena1950-170980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785787803321The individual without passions3794369UNINA