| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) |
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Rethinking the Western tradition |
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Rethinking the Western tradition.
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Introduction : Rousseau's political triptych / Susan Dunn -- Chronology of Rousseau's life. The first discourse : Discourse on the sciences and arts ; The second discourse : Discourse on the origin and foundations of inequality among mankind ; The social contract -- Rethinking The first and second discourses and The social contract. Rousseau, cultural critic / Gita May ; Rousseau on society and the individual / Robert N. Bellah ; Rousseau and the self without property / David Browmich ; Rousseau, Robespierre, Burke, Jefferson, and the French revolution / Conor Cruise O'Brien |
| Summary |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings The Social Contract and The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) and The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality) and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on the dimensions and implications of these texts. Susan Dunn's introductory essay underlines the unity of Rousseau's political thought and explains why his ideas influenced Jacobin revolutionaries in France but repelled American revolutionaries across the ocean. Gita May's essay discusses Rousseau as cultural critic. Robert N. Bellah explores Rousseau's attempt to resolve the tension between the individual's desire for freedom and the obligations that society imposes. David Bromwich analyzes Rousseau as a psychologist of the human self. And Conor Cruise O'Brien takes on the noxious, "deranged" Rousseau, excoriated by Edmund Burke but admired by Robespierre and Thomas Jefferson. Written from different, even opposing perspectives, these lucid essays convey a sense of the vital and contentious debate surrounding Rousseau and his legacy. For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and has revised a previously published translation of The Social Contract |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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Social contract -- Early works to 1800
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Civilization -- Early works to 1800
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Civilization
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Political science
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Social contract
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Discours sur les sciences et les arts (Rousseau)
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Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes (Rousseau)
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Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique (Rousseau)
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Individu en samenleving.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dunn, Susan, 1945- editor, translator, writer of introduction.
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May, Gita, contributor.
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Bellah, Robert N. (Robert Neelly), 1927-2013, contributor.
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Bromwich, David, 1951- contributor.
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O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008, contributor.
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Crocker, Lester G., translator.
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Tozer, Henry J. (Henry John), translator
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Container of (work): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Discours sur les sciences et les arts. English. (Dunn)
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Container of (work): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes. English. (Crocker)
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Container of (work): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Du contrat social. English. (Tozer and Dunn)
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| ISBN |
9780300129434 |
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0300129432 |
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