{"product_id":"passions-and-politics-hardback-9781509532735","title":"Passions and Politics (Hardback) 9781509532735","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePassions and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Ginsborg (Author), Sergio Labate (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509532735, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘How should we try to fashion our feelings and imaginations across our lives, so that they equip us best to live well together on the scale we need to, is the oldest and deepest challenge in political and religious thinking. \u003ci\u003ePassions and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e poses that drastic question bravely once again and offers a fresh answer for the epoch of global neoliberalism.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Dunn, King's College, Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Optimistic but not reassuring… essential reading for anyone concerned about the media’s use of fear and resentment to nudge the political agenda to the right.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dominant model of democratic politics emphasizes reason at the expense of the passions. Passions have been treated as dangerous, the opposite of reason and the enemy of virtue. Paul Ginsborg and Sergio Labate challenge this model and put forward a very different view, developing an account of modern democratic politics in which both passions and reason play a crucial role.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo do justice to the role of passions in politics, we must pay close attention to the way in which they circulate among us; then we must develop a suitable language to describe them – an ‘alphabet of the passions’ that enables us to understand how they combine with one another and connect with certain states of mind in order to shape political outcomes. Adopting this approach enables the authors to shed new light on one of the major phenomena of our time – the triumph of neoliberalism on a world scale. Neoliberalism has worked so well because it has incorporated its own romantic and individualist version of the passions into its worldview, seducing both individuals and families with the allure of consumption.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy developing a new model of democratic politics based on the interplay of passions and reason, Ginsborg and Labate provide a much needed framework for understanding the crucial role that passions play in the unfolding of political life.  At a time when populist leaders are on the ascendancy and political processes are shaped as much by anger, resentment and fear as they are by reason and argument, this refocusing of political analysis on the role of the passions could not be more timely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoys, Girls and a Dog in Front of Vinca Cemetery 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seductive Power of Neoliberal Passions 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Debate on Passions 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ancient History of Passions 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHobbes, Descartes, Spinoza 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassions’ Active Function: Feminism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoverning and Combining Passions 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Political Romanticism and Neoliberal Romanticism 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Romanticism 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumer Capitalism and Neoliberal Romanticism 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobilising Passions 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Politics and Passions, Today 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitutional Wisdom 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMachiavellian Monkeys 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dignity of the Politician 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe double crisis of passions: Representation and participation 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Familial Passions and the Passion for the State 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamilial love 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassions for the Family and the Failure of Republican Pedagogy in Italy 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn reverse 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 143\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441794642200,"sku":"9781509532735","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509532735.jpg?v=1785025836","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/passions-and-politics-hardback-9781509532735","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}