Michael Locke Mclendon
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4372317 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Locke Mclendon |
| PRENOMES | Michael Locke |
| SOBRENOME | Mclendon |
| ASSINATURA | MCLENDON M L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | California State University Los Angeles |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Rousseau and the minimal self: A solution to the problem of amour-propre
Over the past few decades, scholars have reassessed the role of amour-propre in Rousseau’s thought. While it was once believed that he had an entirely negative valuation of the emotion, it is now widely held that he finds it useful and employs it to strengthen moral attachments, conjugal love, civic virtue and moral heroism. At the same time, scholars are divided as to whether this positive amour-propre is an antidote to the negative or dangerous…
The Politics of Sour Grapes: Sartre, Elster, and Tocqueville on Frustration, Failure, and Self-Deception
Jean-Paul Sartre and Jon Elster have taken great interest in the famous “children's” fable, “The Fox and the Grapes.” Elster believes the fable pinpoints problems in utilitarian doctrine while Sartre contends it demonstrates how consciousness copes with frustrated desire. As impressive as these insights are, neither philosopher can fully explain the cognitive and cultural processes involved in sour grapes. To improve upon their theories, I will a…
Rousseau,Amour Propre, and Intellectual Celebrity
With the publication of the First Discourse, Rousseau initiated a famous debate over the social value of the arts and sciences. As this debate developed, however, it transformed into a question of the value of the intellectuals as a social class and touched upon questions of identity formation. While the philosophes were lobbying to become a new cultural aristocracy, Rousseau believed the ideological glorification of intellectual talent demeaned …
A New American Exceptionalism
Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the Psychology of Freedom
In American political discourse, freedom is often spoken of in terms of its inherent rationality or divine origins and is conceptualized as nothing more than a set of concrete institutions coupled with individual rights. By way of Tocqueville's Democracy in America, I will attempt to broaden our political vocabulary by constructing a psychology of freedom. According to Tocqueville, the American consciousness is largely a product of two conflictin…
The Overvaluation of Talent: An Interpretation and Application of Rousseau's Amour-Propre
In this article, it is argued that amour-propre, as defined by Rousseau in the Second Discourse, is a specific criticism of the Enlightenment tendency to over-value talent. In particular, I attempt to demonstrate that liberal societies committed to the merit system of distributive justice suffer from higher levels of amour- propre than other sorts of societies. Liberal societies, as a result, are prone to produce hyper self-conscious individuals …
Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the Psychology of Freedom
In American political discourse, freedom is often spoken of in terms of its inherent rationality or divine origins and is conceptualized as nothing more than a set of concrete institutions coupled with individual rights. By way of Tocqueville's Democracy in America, I will attempt to broaden our political vocabulary by constructing a psychology of freedom. According to Tocqueville, the American consciousness is largely a product of two conflictin…
The Overvaluation of Talent: An Interpretation and Application of Rousseau's Amour-Propre
In this article, it is argued that amour-propre, as defined by Rousseau in the Second Discourse, is a specific criticism of the Enlightenment tendency to over-value talent. In particular, I attempt to demonstrate that liberal societies committed to the merit system of distributive justice suffer from higher levels of amour- propre than other sorts of societies. Liberal societies, as a result, are prone to produce hyper self-conscious individuals …
Rousseau,Amour Propre, and Intellectual Celebrity
With the publication of the First Discourse, Rousseau initiated a famous debate over the social value of the arts and sciences. As this debate developed, however, it transformed into a question of the value of the intellectuals as a social class and touched upon questions of identity formation. While the philosophes were lobbying to become a new cultural aristocracy, Rousseau believed the ideological glorification of intellectual talent demeaned …
Rousseau and the minimal self: A solution to the problem of amour-propre
Over the past few decades, scholars have reassessed the role of amour-propre in Rousseau’s thought. While it was once believed that he had an entirely negative valuation of the emotion, it is now widely held that he finds it useful and employs it to strengthen moral attachments, conjugal love, civic virtue and moral heroism. At the same time, scholars are divided as to whether this positive amour-propre is an antidote to the negative or dangerous…
The Politics of Sour Grapes: Sartre, Elster, and Tocqueville on Frustration, Failure, and Self-Deception
Jean-Paul Sartre and Jon Elster have taken great interest in the famous “children's” fable, “The Fox and the Grapes.” Elster believes the fable pinpoints problems in utilitarian doctrine while Sartre contends it demonstrates how consciousness copes with frustrated desire. As impressive as these insights are, neither philosopher can fully explain the cognitive and cultural processes involved in sour grapes. To improve upon their theories, I will a…
The Overvaluation of Talent: An Interpretation and Application of Rousseau's Amour-Propre
In this article, it is argued that amour-propre, as defined by Rousseau in the Second Discourse, is a specific criticism of the Enlightenment tendency to over-value talent. In particular, I attempt to demonstrate that liberal societies committed to the merit system of distributive justice suffer from higher levels of amour- propre than other sorts of societies. Liberal societies, as a result, are prone to produce hyper self-conscious individuals …
Tocqueville, Jansenism, and the Psychology of Freedom
In American political discourse, freedom is often spoken of in terms of its inherent rationality or divine origins and is conceptualized as nothing more than a set of concrete institutions coupled with individual rights. By way of Tocqueville's Democracy in America, I will attempt to broaden our political vocabulary by constructing a psychology of freedom. According to Tocqueville, the American consciousness is largely a product of two conflictin…
A New American Exceptionalism
Rousseau,Amour Propre, and Intellectual Celebrity
With the publication of the First Discourse, Rousseau initiated a famous debate over the social value of the arts and sciences. As this debate developed, however, it transformed into a question of the value of the intellectuals as a social class and touched upon questions of identity formation. While the philosophes were lobbying to become a new cultural aristocracy, Rousseau believed the ideological glorification of intellectual talent demeaned …
The Politics of Sour Grapes: Sartre, Elster, and Tocqueville on Frustration, Failure, and Self-Deception
Jean-Paul Sartre and Jon Elster have taken great interest in the famous “children's” fable, “The Fox and the Grapes.” Elster believes the fable pinpoints problems in utilitarian doctrine while Sartre contends it demonstrates how consciousness copes with frustrated desire. As impressive as these insights are, neither philosopher can fully explain the cognitive and cultural processes involved in sour grapes. To improve upon their theories, I will a…
Rousseau and the minimal self: A solution to the problem of amour-propre
Over the past few decades, scholars have reassessed the role of amour-propre in Rousseau’s thought. While it was once believed that he had an entirely negative valuation of the emotion, it is now widely held that he finds it useful and employs it to strengthen moral attachments, conjugal love, civic virtue and moral heroism. At the same time, scholars are divided as to whether this positive amour-propre is an antidote to the negative or dangerous…
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