Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice

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Autor(a) principal: Mendonça, Dina
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150348
Resumo: UIDB/00183/2020 UIDP/00183/2020
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spelling Self-Pity as Resilience against InjusticeEmotionsHumeÎnjusticePrideSelfSelf-pityTransformationPhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceUIDB/00183/2020 UIDP/00183/2020This paper proposes that being able to feel self-pity is important to be resilient against injustices because it enables self-transformation. The suggestion for this reassessment of self-pity as a crucial self-conscious emotion for a more humanistic world aims to be an example of how philosophical reflection can be insightful for emotion research. The first part of the paper outlines a general introduction of philosophy of emotions and a description of how Hume’s analysis of pride changed its meaning and pertinently linked it to human agency. The second part of the paper is devoted to self-pity and aims to offer a modified interpretation of its experience, ultimately suggesting that it is a way to cultivate resistance and endure injustices in the world. It begins by putting forward the generally accepted take on self-pity and then suggests that dismissing self-pity may increase its duration, and ultimately work as a type of denial of the world’s injustices. After describing how self-pity can be seen as a tour de force where the self is in a relationship of pity with itself, it further elaborates how self-pity may be taken as a type of calibration similar to how sleep works for the functioning organism. This makes it possible to interpret self-pity as a way to resiliently resist injustices while not dismissing them and keeping up the struggle to make the world a better place. Finally, the concluding remarks point out some consequences for the education of emotions and possible future research directions to be explored. Analogously to the undeniable way by which Hume changed the meaning of the emotion of pride, the conclusion hopes that a new way to understand self-pity is available. The overall goal is to amplify the already existing psychological descriptions showing the complementary role of philosophical research for the development of emotion research in general.Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)RUNMendonça, Dina2023-03-10T22:52:43Z2022-102022-10-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article17application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150348eng2409-9287PURE: 54993599https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7050105info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:32:18Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/150348Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:54:03.810822Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
title Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
spellingShingle Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
Mendonça, Dina
Emotions
Hume
Înjustice
Pride
Self
Self-pity
Transformation
Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science
title_short Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
title_full Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
title_fullStr Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
title_full_unstemmed Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
title_sort Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice
author Mendonça, Dina
author_facet Mendonça, Dina
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mendonça, Dina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Emotions
Hume
Înjustice
Pride
Self
Self-pity
Transformation
Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science
topic Emotions
Hume
Înjustice
Pride
Self
Self-pity
Transformation
Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science
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