Frederick Neuhouser

Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love

Evil, Rationality, and the Drive for Recognition

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Produktbeschreibung

Jean-Jacques Rousseau revolutionized our understanding of ourselves with his brilliant investigation of amour propre: the passion that drives humans to seek the esteem, approval, admiration, or love - the recognition - of their fellow beings. Frederick Neuhouser traces the development of this key idea in modern thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP UK
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9780199592050
• ISBN-10: 0199592055
• Artikelnr.: 39594166

Autorenporträt

Frederick Neuhouser received his PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University in 1988 and has held teaching positions at Harvard University, University of California, and Cornell University. He is currently Professor of Philosophy and Viola Manderfeld Professor of German at Barnard College, Columbia University and Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia University. He is the author of two earlier books, Fichte's theory of Subjectivity (Cambridge University Press, 1990) and Actualizing Freedom: Foundations of Hegel's Social Theory (Harvard University Press, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

I. Defining Human Nature
1: The Nature of Amour Propre
II. Diagnosis
2: The Dangers of Amour Propre
3: The Varieties of Inflamed Amour Propre
4: Why Is Inflamed Amour Propre So Common?
III. Prescription
5: Social and Domestic Remedies
IV. Curing the Malady with Its Own Resources
6: The Standpoint of Reason
7: The Role of Amour Propre in Forming Rational Subjects