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Political Emotions : Why Love Matters for Justice by Martha C. Nussbaum (2013, Hardcover)
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PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674724658
ISBN-139780674724655
eBay Product ID (ePID)166372055
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Book TitlePolitical Emotions : Why Love Matters for Justice
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthics & Moral Philosophy, General, Political, Social Psychology
Publication Year2013
GenrePhilosophy, Psychology
AuthorMartha C. Nussbaum
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight28 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-010890
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsReading [ Political Emotions ] has reinforced, but more importantly broadened, my understanding of love'e(tm)s significance in political life and how it can be fostered there'e¦I find much political wisdom in Nussbaum 'e(tm)s book., In her sweeping panorama of society and culture, Nussbaum skillfully and flexibly uses her understanding of public emotions to produce a book of considerable wisdom and merit. Her study is anchored in a well-rounded view of a complex but largely unexplored theme in the West as well as in South Asia., Nussbaum stimulates readers with challenging insights on the role of emotion in political life. Her provocative theory of social change shows how a truly just society might be realized through the cultivation and studied liberation of emotions, specifically love. To that end, the book sparkles with Nussbaum's characteristic literary analysis, drawing from both Western and South Asian sources, including a deep reading of public monuments. In one especially notable passage, Nussbaum artfully interprets Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro , revealing it as a musical meditation on the emotionality of revolutionary politics and feminism. Such chapters are a culmination of her passion for seeing art and literature as philosophical texts, a theme in her writing that she profitably continues here. The elegance with which she negotiates this diverse material deserves special praise, as she expertly takes the reader through analyses of philosophy, opera, primatology, psychology, and poetry. In contrast to thinkers like John Rawls, who imagined an already just world, Nussbaum addresses how to order our society to reach such a world. A plea for recognizing the power of art, symbolism, and enchantment in public life, Nussbaum's cornucopia of ideas effortlessly commands attention and debate., Nussbaum [is] one of the finest theorists on law and ethics'e¦Her journey is a tour de force that travels through Greek and Indian epics, the music of Mozart in 'e~The marriage of Figaro,'e(tm) the poems of Rabindranath Tagore and Walt Whitman, the rhetorical speeches of Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., the writings of John Stuart Mill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, B.R. Ambedkar, Auguste Comte and John Rawls to make a case for establishing just societies by foregrounding emotions that can be developed through critical reasoning'e¦Then she, with incisive brilliance, investigates three emotions that pose special problems for compassionate citizenship: fear, envy and shame and also explain that some societies instead of combating them make the situation worse'e¦Her magnum opus ., Martha Nussbaum rises above all the disciplinary boundaries. This wise and engaging study of what patriotism is and how to cultivate it is written by a philosopher, a political theorist, a psychologist, a literary critic, and a historian--all of them at their best and all of them one amazing person., Political Emotions is an important work, and Nussbaum has created valuable space for love and human imperfection to be weighed more heavily in the search for justice., There'e(tm)s no more interesting or persuasive writer on the wider and connected subjects of emotions and social justice than Martha Nussbaum 'e¦Here she brings together strands that go back to her own The Fragility Of Goodness (1986), and in the process delivers a book as important in its way as John Rawls'e(tm)s definitive but slightly bloodless A Theory of Justice . Here, she draws on aesthetics as well as philosophy to make her point'e¦It'e(tm)s a great book, though, and goes straight on the shelf beside John Rawls. Political morality for the new age., This volume is impressive for its breadth of references in liberal political philosophy to literature and art theory, but all the more impressive for the care and enthusiasm expressed for the subject matter. The heart of the book, and what makes it a rather novel contribution, is Nussbaum 'e(tm)s attention to the psychology of emotions, particularly in how she draws upon the lessons of attachment theory to inspire lessons for building a caring, loving society and a rich notion of political justice'e¦ Political Emotions is an exciting contribution to liberal political theory. Nussbaum'e(tm)s recent forays in bridging political philosophy with attention to aesthetic affect, emotion and attachment have genuinely enriched the terrain of liberal theory. Hopefully the discussions Nussbaum introduces here will help to enrich our collective public life as well., Martha Nussbaum 'e(tm)s is one of the most influential and innovative voices in modern philosophy. Over the past four decades, a steady stream of books and articles has issued from her prodigious mind. She stands out among her contemporaries for insisting that philosophy must be rigorous and, above all, useful'e¦The book demonstrates how people of different identities can be brought together around a common set of values and political principles through the power of art and symbol'e¦As a culmination of her monumental contribution to academia, in Political Emotions she has produced an incandescent work that will not only be an inspiration to scholars and lay readers alike, but be a beacon for societies that aspire to justice and goodness., Political Emotions is a remarkable synthesis of two of the most distinctive strands of Nussbaum 's thought--a conception of the emotions as essential to our understanding of the world and a political liberalism attuned to the fostering of human capacities. Readers will not fail to be enlightened and moved., Justice is hard. It demands our devotion as well as our understanding. For that reason, it must grip our emotions. We must feel its absence and its presence with the depth of feeling that we associate with love. That is the compelling message in Martha Nussbaum 's remarkable--and remarkably original--account of political emotions. She explores the place of love in a decent society that aspires to be just. And she explains--with great intellectual and emotional force--how we can cultivate a political love with the kind of complexity that does justice to our humanity., [ Nussbaum ] maps out the routes by which men and women who begin in self'einterest and ingrained prejudice can build a society in which what she calls 'e~public emotions'e(tm) operate to enlarge the individual'e(tm)s 'e~circle of concern'e(tm)'e¦Those who would extend the sympathy individuals feel to include fellow citizens of whatever views, ethnicity, ability or disability must 'e~create stable structures of concern that extend compassion broadly.'e(tm) Those structures cannot be exclusively rational and philosophical--as they tend to be in the work of John Rawls and other Kantian liberals--but must, says Nussbaum, be political in the sense that they find expression in the visible machinery of public life'e¦It is one of the virtues of Nussbaum'e(tm)s book that she neither shrinks from sentimentality (how could she, given her title and subtitle?) nor fears being judged philosophically unsophisticated.
Dewey Decimal320.019
SynopsisMartha Nussbaum asks: How can we sustain a decent society that aspires to justice and inspires sacrifice for the common good? Amid negative emotions endemic even to good societies, public emotions rooted in love'e"intense attachments outside our control'e"can foster commitment to shared goals and keep at bay the forces of disgust and envy., How can we achieve and sustain a "decent" liberal society, one that aspires to justice and equal opportunity for all and inspires individuals to sacrifice for the common good? In this book, a continuation of her explorations of emotions and the nature of social justice, Martha Nussbaum makes the case for love. Amid the fears, resentments, and competitive concerns that are endemic even to good societies, public emotions rooted in love--in intense attachments to things outside our control--can foster commitment to shared goals and keep at bay the forces of disgust and envy. Great democratic leaders, including Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr., have understood the importance of cultivating emotions. But people attached to liberalism sometimes assume that a theory of public sentiments would run afoul of commitments to freedom and autonomy. Calling into question this perspective, Nussbaum investigates historical proposals for a public "civil religion" or "religion of humanity" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Auguste Comte, John Stuart Mill, and Rabindranath Tagore. She offers an account of how a decent society can use resources inherent in human psychology, while limiting the damage done by the darker side of our personalities. And finally she explores the cultivation of emotions that support justice in examples drawn from literature, song, political rhetoric, festivals, memorials, and even the design of public parks. "Love is what gives respect for humanity its life," Nussbaum writes, "making it more than a shell." Political Emotions is a challenging and ambitious contribution to political philosophy.
LC Classification NumberJA71.N88 2013
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