Doing without Love
Civic Motivation, Affection, and Identification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6386162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Macmullen (0000-0002-0923-1855, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-85 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022381613001060 |
| OpenAlex | W1980291351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
There are important moral reasons for people to contribute to the democratic polities of which they are citizens. But recognition of these reasons, even when supported by considerations of narrow self-interest and by certain habits and tastes, is insufficient to reliably motivate most people. Patriotic love promises to make up the motivational shortfall, but at a high price: love of one's polity impairs one's capacity to see that polity's weaknesses and faults. This price might be worth paying if patriotic love were the only available solution to the civic motivation problem. But civic identification is an attractive alternative. Identification can be separated from affection, both conceptually and psychologically. And civic identification does not impair civic judgment as severely as patriotic love does. The best solution to the civic motivation problem is therefore to cultivate civic identification without, as far as possible, arousing patriotic love
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |