The individual without passions [[electronic resource] ] : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle
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| Autore: |
Pulcini Elena <1950->
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| Titolo: |
The individual without passions [[electronic resource] ] : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 141.4 |
| 302.5/44 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Alienation (Social psychology) |
| Individualism | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The individual without passions |
| ISBN: | 1-283-59603-2 |
| 9786613908483 | |
| 0-7391-6658-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785787803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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