Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mandeville’s FableCondition: NewSubtitle: Pride, Hypocrisy, and SociabilityISBN-10: 0691218676EAN: 9780691218670ISBN: 9780691218670Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/02/2023Description: Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopherBernard Mandeville’s The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville’s great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical studies of human nature and the origin of society in the Enlightenment era. Focusing on Mandeville’s moral, social, and political ideas, Douglass offers a revelatory account of why we should take Mandeville seriously as a philosopher.Douglass expertly reconstructs Mandeville’s theory of how self-centred individuals, who care for their reputation and social standing above all else, could live peacefully together in large societies. Pride and shame are the principal motives of human behaviour, on this account, with a large dose of hypocrisy and self-deception lying behind our moral practices. In his analysis, Douglass attends closely to the changes between different editions of the Fable; considers Mandeville’s arguments in light of objections and rival accounts from other eighteenth-century philosophers, including Shaftesbury, Hume, and Smith; and draws on more recent findings from social psychology.With this detailed and original reassessment of Mandeville’s philosophy, Douglass shows how The Fable of the Bees—by shining a light on the dark side of human nature—has the power to unsettle readers even today.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Robin DouglassGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Business & Finance, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Mandeville’s Fable
Title: Mandeville’s Fable
Subtitle: Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability
ISBN-10: 0691218676
EAN: 9780691218670
ISBN: 9780691218670
Release Date: 05/02/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Mandeville's Fable : Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Social, Individual Philosophers, History & Theory, Political
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1.1 in
Item Weight: 20.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Robin Douglass
Subject Area: Political Science, Philosophy
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
