de Beistegui, Miguel (2018) The government of desire : a genealogy of the liberal subject. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226547374
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Abstract
Liberalism, Miguel de Beistegui argues in The Government of Desire, is best described as a technique of government directed towards the self, with desire as its central mechanism. Whether as economic interest, sexual drive, or the basic longing for recognition, desire is accepted as a core component of our modern self-identities, and something we ought to cultivate. But this has not been true in all times and all places. For centuries, as far back as late antiquity and early Christianity, philosophers believed that desire was an impulse that needed to be suppressed in order for the good life, whether personal or collective, ethical or political, to flourish. Though we now take it for granted, desire as a constitutive dimension of human nature and a positive force required a radical transformation, which coincided with the emergence of liberalism.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Place of Publication: | Chicago |
| ISBN: | 9780226547374 |
| Official Date: | May 2018 |
| Dates: | Date Event May 2018 Published 19 May 2017 Accepted |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/88515/ |
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