Bringing the Passions Back In The Emotions in Political Philosophy

• Main Authors: Kingston, Rebecca, Ferry, Leonard
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vancouver UBC Press 2014; University of British Columbia Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Aspect politique; Emotions; Emotions (Philosophy); Idées politiques; Philosophy; Political aspects; Political philosophy; Political psychology; Political science; Émotions; Émotions (Philosophie)

Combining intellectual history and political theory, the contributors to Bringing the Passions Back In illuminate the place of emotions in modern liberal and democratic politics.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Politics and Passion -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Emotions and the History of Political Thought -- 1 Explaining Emotions -- 2 Plato on Shame and Frank Speech in Democratic Athens -- 3 The Passions of the Wise: Phronesis, Rhetoric, and Aristotle's Passionate Practical Deliberation -- 4 Troubling Business: The Emotions in Aquinas' Philosophical Psychology -- 5 The Political Relevance of the Emotions from Descartes to Smith -- 6 Passion, Power, and Impartiality in Hume -- 7 Pity, Pride, and Prejudice: Rousseau on the Passions -- 8 Feelings in the Political Philosophy of J.S. Mill -- 9 Emotions, Reasons, and Judgments -- 10 The Politics of Emotion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z