1st Edition
The Trouble With Passion Political Theory Beyond the Reign of Reason
By Cheryl Hall
Copyright 2005
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Political theorists have long argued that passion has no place in the political realm where reason reigns supreme. But, is this dichotomy between reason and passion sustainable? Does it underestimate the indispensable role of passion in a fully democratic society? Drawing upon Plato, Rousseau, and contemporary feminist theorists, Cheryl Hall argues that passion is an essential component of a just political community and that the need to educate passion together with reason is paramount. Trouble with Passion provides a compelling defense of the crucial place of passion in politics.
Chapter 1 What About All Those Flags? Passion in Politics; Chapter 2 The Passions and the Reasons: Conceptualizing Capacities; Chapter 3 Public Reason, Private Passion: The Trouble with Passion in Liberal Political Theory; Chapter 4 “The Madness of Eros Is the Greatest of Heaven's Blessings Plato's Passion for the Good; Chapter 5 “A Man Who Had No Passions Would Be a Very Bad Citizen”: Rousseau's Passion for Community; Chapter 6 “Our Erotic Knowledge Empowers Us”: Passion and Action in Contemporary Feminist Theory; Chapter 7 Passion, Politics, and Democratic Education;
Biography
Cheryl Hall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida.
