Notes on Contributors Introduction Andreas Blank and Attila Németh
Part1: From Poetry to Philosophy
1. Péter Agócs
Part2: Self-Knowledge and the Normative Foundations of Self-Esteem in Classical Greek Philosophy
2. Self-Esteem and Moral Progress: From Plato to the Stoics Georgia Tsouni 3. Esteem’s Value in Plato Alex G. Long 4. Seeing and Being Seen: The Phainomena of Virtue in Aristotle Philipp Mitsis
Part3: Interiority and the Transformation of Selfhood in Hellenistic and Late Antique Philosophy
5. The Cultivation and Maintenance of Self-Esteem in Epicurean Philosophy Clive Chandler 6. Freedom and Conscience in Epictetus Attila Németh 7. “They Dishonor Themselves”: Plotinus on Human Value Lloyd Gerson 8. Augustine on “Pride” and Healthy Self-Love Bonnie Kent
Part4: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Esteem and Self-Cultivation Recognition, Respect, and Reverence in Ancient India Maria Heim 10. Social Esteem Exchange: Gong 恭 in the Mencius Winnie Sung 11. Distorted Selves and the Political Economy of Esteem in the Mozi Alba Cercas Curry 敬) and Respect (son 尊) in Tokugawa and Meiji Japan Ferenc Takó
Part5: Reputation, Virtue, and Moral Theology in the Medieval World
13. Medieval Christian Authors on the Purposes and Perils of Reputation Thomas Williams 14. Magnanimity and Hubris in Dante’s Divine Comedy Jason Aleksander
Part6: Early Modern Moral Psychology and the Social Dynamics of Esteem
15. Domingo de Soto on Secrets and the Natural Right to Good Reputation Andreas Blank From Générosité to Acquiescentia in se ipso: Descartes and Spinoza on the Self-Consciousness of Freedom Noa Naaman-Zauderer 17. Self-Esteem, Amour-Propre and Amour de Soi: Pascal and Malebranche on Loving Humans and Loving God Syliane Malinowski-Charles 18. Of God, Wolves, Dogs and Monkeys: Esteem in Hobbes, Pufendorf and Thomasius Peter Schröder 19. Esteem and Honor in Early Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy: Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutcheson Ryan Patrick Hanley 20. “Nascent Society”: Love, Public Esteem and Morality in Rousseau’s Second Discourse Francesco Toto
Part7: Gender and the Politics of Self-Worth
21. Tracing the Concept of Self-Esteem in the Long Indian Feminist Tradition: From the Therigatha to Stree Purusha Tulana Priyanka Jha 22. Esteem and Dignity in Feminist Arguments of the Early Modern Period Jacqueline Broad Citizens, Workers, and Organizers: 19th- and early 20th-century American Feminists on the Value of Women Allauren Samantha Forbes
Part8: Esteem, Community, and Modern Social Theory
24. Self-Esteem as the Foundation of Ethical Life: Moral Sentiment and Ethical Rationality in Eduard von Hartmann’s Phänomenologie des sittlichen Bewusstseins Gennaro Imbriano 25. Esteem and Self-Esteem in Ferdinand Tönnies’ Theory of Community and Society Cristiana Senigaglia 26. Self-Esteem in the Phenomenological Tradition: Else Voigtländer and Max Scheler Íngrid Vendrell Ferran 27. Erich Fromm’s Socio-Psychoanalytical Approach to Self-Esteem Cornelia Stefan. Index