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The book explores the role of envy in society and its nature as a social emotion that is deeply concerned with both the self and others. It examines envy's morally problematic aspects but also its aspirations, its effects, and its manifestations in a variety of contexts both personal and political.
List of contents
Introduction: Striving to Be Better, Sulking in a Corner, Stealing the Spotlight, Spoiling Someone's Joy: The Many Faces of Envy by Sara Protasi
1. A Sociocultural Perspective on Envy: On Covetous Desire, the Evil Eye, and the Social Regulation of Equality by Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera
2. How Envy and Being Envied Shape Social Hierarchies by Jens Lange and Jan Crusius
3. On the Epistemic Effects of Envy in Academia by Felipe Romero
4. "I could have been you": Existential Envy and the Self by Íngrid Vendrell Ferran
5. Envy, Compassion and the Buddhist (No)Self by Christina Chuang
6. Let the Donkeys Be Donkeys: In Defense of Inspiring Envy by Maria Silvia Vaccarezza and Ariele Niccoli
7. Malicious Moral Envy by Vanessa Carbonell
8. "You're Just Jealous!": On Envious Blame by Neal Tognazzini
9. The Fact of Envy: Trends in the History of Modern Economics by Miriam Bankovsky
10. The Politics of Envy: Outlaw Emotions in Capitalist Societies by Alfred Archer, Alan Thomas and Bart Engelen
11. To Envy an Algorithm by Alison Duncan Kerr
12. The Envious Customer by Niels van de Ven
Index
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About the author
Sara Protasi is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Puget Sound. Her research interests are primarily in moral psychology, ethics, and philosophical psychology
Summary
The book explores the role of envy in society and its nature as a social emotion that is deeply concerned with both the self and others. It examines envy’s morally problematic aspects but also its aspirations, its effects, and its manifestations in a variety of contexts both personal and political.
