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PO LITI CAL EMOTIONS PO LITI CAL EMOTIONS Why Love Matters for Justice Martha C. Nussbaum The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland 2013 Copyright © 2013 by Martha C. Nussbaum All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947– Political emotions : why love matters for justice / Martha C. Nussbaum. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-72465-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Political science—Philosophy. 2. Emotions—Political aspects. 3. Emotions (Philosophy). 4. Political psychology. I. Title. JA71.N88 2013 320.01'9—dc23 2013010890 In memory of Terence Moore, 1953– 2004 Contents 1. A Problem in the History of Liberalism 1 I. History 2. Equality and Love: Rousseau, Herder, Mozart 27 3. Religions of Humanity I: Auguste Comte, J. S. Mill 54 4. Religions of Humanity II: Rabindranath Tagore 82 II. Goals, Resources, Problems Introduction to Part II 112 5. The Aspiring Society: Equality, Inclusion, Distribution 115 6. Compassion: Human and Animal 137 7. “Radical Evil”: Helplessness, Narcissism, Contamination 161 III. Public Emotions Introduction to Part III 200 8. Teaching Patriotism: Love and Critical Freedom 204 9. Tragic and Comic Festivals: Shaping Compassion, Transcending Disgust 257 viii Contents 10. Compassion’s Enemies: Fear, Envy, Shame 314 11. How Love Matters for Justice 378 Appendix. Emotion Theory, Emotions in Music: Upheavals of Thought 399 Notes 405 References 437 Ac know ledg ments 449 Index 453 This day of torment, of craziness, of foolishness— only love can make it end in happiness and joy. —W. A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)

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How can we achieve and sustain a "decent" liberal society, one that aspires to justice and equal opportunity for all and inspires individuals to sacrifice for the common good? In this book, a continuation of her explorations of emotions and the nature of social justice, Martha Nussbaum makes the cas
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