Love's Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in Modernity - Softcover

Hanley, Ryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110751245X ISBN 13: 9781107512450

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This book examines the transformation of the traditional understanding of love by four key Enlightenment thinkers - Hume, Adam Smith, Rousseau and Kant.

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Review

'Hanley's in-depth analysis of ancient and early modern conceptions of love adds significantly to the literature on the ethical and political dimensions of love and scholarship regarding the role that other-directed capacities such as empathy, sympathy, and charity could play in tempering the egocentricism that characterizes political, economic, and social relations.' Choice

'Ryan Patrick Hanley's book offers a carefully researched, interesting, and original survey of how four Enlightenment philosophers transformed the traditional Christian ideal of what is variously called agape, caritas, or neighborly love.' Deborah Boyle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Book Description

Love's Enlightenment examines the key concepts central to today's debates over the nature and political significance of love. It will interest both specialists in the history of philosophy and scholars in fields ranging from political science and philosophy to psychology and religion who are interested in the meaning of love today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110751245X
• ISBN 13: 9781107512450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200