Beschreibung
This compelling new book engages leading theorists to consider how cultivating emotions can impact on social justice. Although the presence of political emotions can appear counterproductive to stability and peace, there is an increasing recognition that emotions can be harnessed to empower community cohesion and social justice. Covering such key issues as adaptive preferences, capabilities, civil religion, compassion, conscience, dignity, feminism, imagination, multicultural citizenship, perfectionism, political liberalism, public sentiments, sympathy, Political Emotions challenges readers to explore the role emotions can and should play in our modern society - and at a time when new ideas about how to foster a decent public sphere and overcome intolerance are urgently needed. Drawing particularly on the work of Martha C. Nussbaum, and including a chapter giving her personal response to the issues raised in the individual essays, this is a fascinating read for all of those interested in social and political philosophy today.
Autorenporträt
Thom Brooks is Dean of Durham Law School and Professor of Law and Government. His books include The Global Justice Reader (2008), Punishment (2021, 2d), Hegel's Political Philosophy (2013), Becoming British (2016), The Trust Factor (2021) and Rawls's Political Liberalism (co-edited with Martha Nussbaum, 2015). Brooks advises the UK's Labour Party and writes columns for the Daily Telegraph and Independent.
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