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Author Sonenscher, Michael, author

Title Jean-Jacques Rousseau : the division of labour, the politics of the imagination and the concept of federal government / by Michael Sonenscher
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series History of European political and constitutional thought, 2589-5966 ; volume 2
History of European political and constitutional thought ; v. 2. 2589-5966
Contents Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the marvellous in life -- The Fénelon problem -- The division of labour and the political economy of the general will -- The politics of the imagination -- Conscience and the structure of federal government -- Rousseau's legacy -- Otto von Gierke -- Epilogue: The Jean-Jacques Rousseau problem in historical context
Summary "This is a book about the political thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Its aim is to explain why, for Rousseau, thinking about politics - whether as democratic sovereignty, representative government, institutionalised power, imaginative vision or a moment of decision - lay at the heart of what he called his "grand, sad system." This book tracks the gradual emergence of the various components of that system and describes the connections between them. The result is a new and fresh interpretation of one of Europe's most famous political thinkers, showing why Rousseau can be seen as one of the first theorists of the modern concept of civil society and a key source of the problematic modern idea of a federal system"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed July 20, 2020)
Subject Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 fast
(FrPBN)11922879 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 (FrPBN)11975806 -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram
Subject Political science -- History -- 18th century
General will.
Social contract.
Civil society.
Federal government.
Civil society
Federal government
General will
Political and social views
Political science
Social contract
Volonté générale.
Contrat social.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019050956
ISBN 9789004420335
9004420339