Amour Propre
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The Psychology Of Inequality
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Author : Michael Locke McLendon
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2018-12-14
The Psychology Of Inequality written by Michael Locke McLendon and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-14 with Political Science categories.
In The Psychology of Inequality, Michael Locke McLendon looks to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's thought for insight into the personal and social pathologies that plague commercial and democratic societies. He emphasizes the way Rousseau appropriated and modified the notion of self-love, or amour-propre, found in Augustine and various early modern thinkers. McLendon traces the concept in Rousseau's work and reveals it to be a form of selfish vanity that mimics aspects of Homeric honor culture and, in the modern world, shapes the outlook of the wealthy and powerful as well as the underlying assumptions of meritocratic ideals. According to McLendon, Rousseau's elucidation of amour-propre describes a desire for glory and preeminence that can be dangerously antisocial, as those who believe themselves superior derive pleasure from dominating and even harming those they consider beneath them. Drawing on Rousseau's insights, McLendon asserts that certain forms of inequality, especially those associated with classical aristocracy and modern-day meritocracy, can corrupt the mindsets and personalities of people in socially disruptive ways. The Psychology of Inequality shows how amour-propre can be transformed into the demand for praise, whether or not one displays praiseworthy qualities, and demonstrates the ways in which this pathology continues to play a leading role in the psychology and politics of modern liberal democracies.
Amour Propre
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Author : Ravi Verma
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-04-20
Amour Propre written by Ravi Verma and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-20 with Poetry categories.
It is the first book in the series Unconditional. Unconditional aims to share the author's approach and understanding of love: its presence, value, different forms, etc. This book hides inside the sentiments of affection we should have for our 'self'. Remembering how far we have come and showing gratitude for the state of well-being and content life has helped us to enjoy after each hurdle we passed. The poems in this book encourage mainly to recognize the importance of self-love, self-worth, acceptance, etc. Some of them talk about the negative effects a wrong choice may cause and warn for the same. Some may sound sarcastic, some may trigger hope, and some are likely to motivate you to take needed actions towards self's betterment.
Rousseau S Critique Of Inequality
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Author : Frederick Neuhouser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-19
Rousseau S Critique Of Inequality written by Frederick Neuhouser and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-19 with History categories.
This book evaluates Rousseau's arguments concerning why inequality exists in society and why it poses dangers to human well-being.
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau
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Author : Keith Ansell-Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-08
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau written by Keith Ansell-Pearson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-08 with Philosophy categories.
This book takes a serious look at Nietzsche as political thinker and relates his political ideas to the dominant traditions of modern political thought. It also demonstrates Rousseau's crucial role in Nietzsche's understanding of modernity.
Rousseau S Theodicy Of Self Love
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Author : Frederick Neuhouser
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Rousseau S Theodicy Of Self Love written by Frederick Neuhouser and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Philosophy categories.
This book is the first comprehensive study of Rousseau's rich and complex theory of the type of self-love (amour propre ) that, for him, marks the central difference between humans and the beasts. Amour propre is the passion that drives human individuals to seek the esteem, approval, admiration, or love—the recognition —of their fellow beings. Neuhouser reconstructs Rousseau's understanding of what the drive for recognition is, why it is so problematic, and how its presence opens up far-reaching developmental possibilities for creatures that possess it. One of Rousseau's central theses is that amour propre in its corrupted, manifestations—pride or vanity—is the principal source of an array of evils so widespread that they can easily appear to be necessary features of the human condition: enslavement, conflict, vice, misery, and self-estrangement. Yet Rousseau also argues that solving these problems depends not on suppressing or overcoming the drive for recognition but on cultivating it so that it contributes positively to the achievement of freedom, peace, virtue, happiness, and unalienated selfhood. Indeed, Rousseau goes so far as to claim that, despite its many dangers, the need for recognition is a condition of nearly everything that makes human life valuable and that elevates it above mere animal existence: rationality, morality, freedom—subjectivity itself—would be impossible for humans if it were not for amour propre and the relations to others it impels us to establish.
Rousseau S Theodicy Of Self Love
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Author : Frederick Neuhouser
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-07-10
Rousseau S Theodicy Of Self Love written by Frederick Neuhouser and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-10 with Philosophy categories.
This book is the first comprehensive study of Rousseau's rich and complex theory of the type of self-love (amour propre ) that, for him, marks the central difference between humans and the beasts. Amour propre is the passion that drives human individuals to seek the esteem, approval, admiration, or love—the recognition —of their fellow beings. Neuhouser reconstructs Rousseau's understanding of what the drive for recognition is, why it is so problematic, and how its presence opens up far-reaching developmental possibilities for creatures that possess it. One of Rousseau's central theses is that amour propre in its corrupted, manifestations—pride or vanity—is the principal source of an array of evils so widespread that they can easily appear to be necessary features of the human condition: enslavement, conflict, vice, misery, and self-estrangement. Yet Rousseau also argues that solving these problems depends not on suppressing or overcoming the drive for recognition but on cultivating it so that it contributes positively to the achievement of freedom, peace, virtue, happiness, and unalienated selfhood. Indeed, Rousseau goes so far as to claim that, despite its many dangers, the need for recognition is a condition of nearly everything that makes human life valuable and that elevates it above mere animal existence: rationality, morality, freedom—subjectivity itself—would be impossible for humans if it were not for amour propre and the relations to others it impels us to establish.
Rousseau
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Author : Timothy O'Hagan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Rousseau written by Timothy O'Hagan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Philosophy categories.
Timothy O'Hagan investigates Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings concerning the formation of humanity, of the individual and of the citizen in his three master works: the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Men, Emile and the Social Contract. He explores Rousseau's reflections on the sexes, language and religion. O'Hagan gives Rousseau's arguments a close and sympathetic reading. He writes as a philosopher, not a historian, yet he never loses sight of the cultural context of Rousseau's work.
The Problems And Promise Of Commercial Society
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Author : Dennis Carl Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11
The Problems And Promise Of Commercial Society written by Dennis Carl Rasmussen and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Business & Economics categories.
Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith&’s sympathy with Rousseau&’s concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith&’s view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith&’s approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society.
The Overvaluation Of Talent
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Author : Michael Locke McLendon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Overvaluation Of Talent written by Michael Locke McLendon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Author : Michael Sonenscher
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-01-13
Jean Jacques Rousseau written by Michael Sonenscher and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-13 with History categories.
This is a book about why Jean-Jacques Rousseau can be seen as one of the first theorists of the concept of civil society and a key source of the idea of a federal system.