The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau the impossibility of reason

The first comprehensive analysis of Rousseau's political philosophy for a generation, this timely book rejects the authoritarian reading of Rousseau and establishes him as an anti-revolutionary closer to Burke than to Robespierre.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Qvortrup, Mads (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Manchester University Press 2003.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The politics of the soul: the life and times of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 2. The disenchantment of the world
  • 3. Checks, balances and popular participation: Rousseau as a constitutionalist
  • 4. A civic profession of faith: Rousseau's and nationalism
  • 5. The last of the ancients the first of the moderns?
  • 6. Epilogue: in the beginning was song
  • Chronology of Rousseau's life (1712-78)
  • Bibliography
  • Index.