TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neuhouser,Frederick
TI  - Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love: Evil, Rationality, and the Drive for Recognition
SN  - 9780191562211
AV  - B2137.N48 2008 
U1  - 128/.46 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, Incorporated
KW  - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778
KW  - Self-acceptance
KW  - Self-esteem
KW  - Pride and vanity
KW  - Good and evil
KW  - Recognition (Psychology)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations of Works Cited -- Introduction -- I. Human Nature and its Passions -- 1. The Nature of Amour-propre -- II. Diagnosis -- 2. The Dangers of Amour-propre -- 3. The Varieties of Inflamed Amour-propre -- 4. Why Inflamed Amour-propre Is So Common -- III. Prescription -- 5. Social and Domestic Remedies -- IV. Elevating Humankind by Curing the Malady from Within -- 6. The Standpoint of Reason -- 7. Amour-propre's Role in Forming Rational Subjects -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W
N2  - 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052629
ER  -