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

• Autore: Pulcini Elena <1950->
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.: 9910462259103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II