Geometry of the Passions: Fear, Hope, Happiness: Philosophy and Political Use

Remo Bodei

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

Geometry of the Passions

Fear, Hope, Happiness: Philosophy and Political Use

Remo Bodei
Translated by: Gianpiero W. Doebler

In the series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487517786

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About this book

The passions have long been condemned as the creator of disturbance and the purveyor of the temporary loss of reason, but, as Remo Bodei argues in Geometry of the Passions, we must abandon the perception that order and disorder are in a constant state of collision.

Author / Editor information

Bodei Remo :

Remo Bodei was a professor of the history of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Doebler Gianpiero W. :

Gianpiero W. Doebler is a Lecturer in the Department of Italian at UCLA.

Reviews

Maurizio Viroli, Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University:

"Bodei’s work has inaugurated a new field of studies. Geometry of the Passions is a highly valuable contribution and presents a fresh study of major works on passions, including Descartes and Spinoza."

Alessandro Carrera, Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston:

"Geometry of the Passions is a modern classic. Stressing the commonalities of passions and reason, Remo Bodei’s historically conscious approach to political philosophy makes his work valuable for a wide range of disciplines."

Elvira Roncalli, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Carroll College:

"Providing a long excursus on the development of how passions are understood in relationship to reason, Geometry of the Passions delivers a rich, nuanced, and detailed picture of passions in the work of ancient and modern philosophers, while also making reference to art and literary works that enrich the philosophical discussion of the book."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction to the English Translation of Geometry of the Passions Remo Bodei Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART 1: PASSIONS OF EXPECTATION
1. The Disorder of the Passions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
2. Hope and Fear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. Hobbes: Politics and Fear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Evil Because Unhappy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Amor mortis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Vanitas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. Fear and Rejection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
8. The Lynx and the Cuttlefish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
9. Superstition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
PART 2: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WILL
Section 1: Consistency and Self-Control
1. Itineraries, Deviations, and Crossroads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
2. Persuasion and Toughness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
3. Consistency and Constancy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
4. Fear and Delusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
5. Constancy: Neostoicism and Justus Lipsius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
6. Rationalizing Hope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Section 2: Descartes, or the Good Use of the Passions
1. Masters of Themselves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
2. Will and Joy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
3. The Key to All Virtues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
4. Medicine of the Passions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
PART 3: THE GRAMMAR OF LOVE
1. Transitions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
2. Loving without Being Loved Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
PART 4: THE GREAT HOPE
Section 1: Terror and Virtue
1. The Form of the Future Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
2. The Despotism of Liberty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
3. Between Hope and Fear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Section 2: The Invisible Sovereign
1. Homo ideologicus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Section 3: Heaven on Earth
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Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 520
Keywords: passion and reason; philosophy; Descartes; Hobbes; French Jacobians; affirmation; individual and political projects; self-enslavement

eBook

Published: July 17, 2018
ISBN: 9781487517786