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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-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The individual without passions [[electronic resource] ] : modern individualism and the loss of the social bond / / Elena Pulcini ; translated by Karen Whittle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina: 141.4
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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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-59603-2
9786613908483
0-7391-6658-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785787803321
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