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03226aam a2200433 i 4500 001 050464DC3F1811E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 180416s2019 pau b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018017411 020 $a 0812250761 020 $a 9780812250763 035 $a (OCoLC)1030385959 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d IAC $d YDX $d GZT $d VA@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC179 $b .M42 2019 082 00 $a 320.01/9 $2 23 100 1 $a McLendon, Michael Locke, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The psychology of inequality : $b Rousseau's amour-propre / $c Michael Locke McLendon. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 211 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Haney Foundation series 500 $a Series statement from dust jacket. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Michael Locke McLendon looks to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's thought for insight into the personal and social pathologies that plague commercial and democratic societies. He emphasizes the way Rousseau appropriated and modified the notion of self-love, or amour-propre, found in Augustine and various early modern thinkers. McLendon traces the concept in Rousseau's work and reveals it to be a form of selfish vanity that mimics aspects of Homeric honor culture and, in the modern world, shapes the outlook of the wealthy and powerful as well as the underlying assumptions of meritocratic ideals. According to McLendon, Rousseau's elucidation of amour-propre describes a desire for glory and preeminence that can be dangerously antisocial, as those who believe themselves superior derive pleasure from dominating and even harming those they consider beneath them. Drawing on Rousseau's insights, McLendon asserts that certain forms of inequality, especially those associated with classical aristocracy and modern-day meritocracy, can corrupt the mindsets and personalities of people in socially disruptive ways. The Psychology of Inequality shows how amour-propre can be transformed into the demand for praise, whether or not one displays praiseworthy qualities, and demonstrates the ways in which this pathology continues to play a leading role in the psychology and politics of modern liberal democracies. 600 10 $a Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, $d 1712-1778. $t Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'ineÌgaliteÌ parmi les hommes. 630 07 $a Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'ineÌgaliteÌ parmi les hommes (Rousseau, Jean-Jacques) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01358427 650 0 $a Equality $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Liberalism $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Political psychology $x History. 650 7 $a Equality $x Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914468 650 7 $a Liberalism $x Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00997190 650 7 $a Political psychology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069667 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Haney Foundation series. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190305060525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=050464DC3F1811E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search