Rousseau's theodicy of self-love : evil, rationality, and the drive for recognition /
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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| ISBN: | 9780191562211 0191562211 1281770159 9781281770158 9780191715402 0191715409 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The nature of amour-propre
- The dangers of amour-propre
- The varieties of inflamed amour-propre
- Why inflamed amour-propre is so common
- Social and domestic remedies
- The standpoint of reason
- Amour-propre's role in forming rational subjects.