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The Individual without Passions
Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond
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The Individual without Passions
Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond
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The Individual without Passions: Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond offers an innovative look at an extremely timely and important issueāindividualismāfrom the point of view of a theory of passions. This book underlines the importance of the problem of the passions in both forming individual identity and building the social bond. Drawing inspiration from classic authors that represent fundamental milestones along the route of modern individualismāfrom Montaigne to Hobbes, from Locke to Smith, from Rousseau to TocquevilleāThe Individual without Passions puts forward new hypotheses that contrast with the consolidated views of contemporary reflection, both modern and postmodern.
Elena Pulcini argues that passions are crucial not only when they are strong (homo oeconomicus), but also when absent or weak (homo democraticus), in both cases producing pathological effects on the Self and the social bond. Finally, this book underlines that the image of the modern individual does not end with the egoistical passions and that it is possible to reactivate empathetic and solidaristic passions; furthermore, it proposes the hypothesis that the solidaristic passions go to fight the egoistical passions. This hypothesis seems confirmed and is most evident in the phenomenon of the gift (as interpreted by Marcel Mauss and his contemporary heirs), the "hidden" testimony of a desire for belonging which enables us to propose a new figure of the individualāhomo reciprocus.
Elena Pulcini argues that passions are crucial not only when they are strong (homo oeconomicus), but also when absent or weak (homo democraticus), in both cases producing pathological effects on the Self and the social bond. Finally, this book underlines that the image of the modern individual does not end with the egoistical passions and that it is possible to reactivate empathetic and solidaristic passions; furthermore, it proposes the hypothesis that the solidaristic passions go to fight the egoistical passions. This hypothesis seems confirmed and is most evident in the phenomenon of the gift (as interpreted by Marcel Mauss and his contemporary heirs), the "hidden" testimony of a desire for belonging which enables us to propose a new figure of the individualāhomo reciprocus.
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Table of contents
- 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