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The psychology of inequality : Rousseau's amour-propre /

Michael Locke McLendon looks to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's thought for insight into the personal and social pathologies that plague commercial and democratic societies. He emphasizes the way Rousseau appropriated and modified the notion of self-love, or amour-propre, found in Augustine and various...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLendon, Michael Locke, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Colección:Haney Foundation series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Being Aristos and the Politics of Aristocracy; Chapter 2. Amor Sui and Amour-Propre in Augustine and Neo-Augustinianism: Surrogate Virtue or Gateway to Libido Dominandi?; Chapter 3. Amour-Propre in Rousseau: Subverting the Aristocratic Personality; Chapter 4. Tocqueville's Liberal Reply; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Acknowledgments