The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibility of ReasonThis exciting new text presents the first overview of Jean Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau--the great theorist of the French Revolution--really a conservative? This original study argues that the he was a constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu, and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godless materialism and revolutionary change, this book finds parallels between Rousseau and Burke, as well as showing how Rousseau developed the first modern theory of nationalism. The book presents an integrated political analysis of Rousseau's educational, ethical, religious and political writings, and will be essential reading for students of politics, philosophy and the history of ideas. |
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... thought in the context of different traditions in the history of West European thought ; show that Rousseau's political thinking was based on a profound ( conservative ) scepticism , which caused him to embrace institutional mechanisms ...
... thought in the context of different traditions in the history of West European thought ; show that Rousseau's political thinking was based on a profound ( conservative ) scepticism , which caused him to embrace institutional mechanisms ...
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... thought nothing of the sort ... no one had a clearer view of the differences between the life of action and the life of observation , and he knew himself to be capable only of the latter ' ( Shklar 1969 : 133 ) . Whether Rousseau ...
... thought nothing of the sort ... no one had a clearer view of the differences between the life of action and the life of observation , and he knew himself to be capable only of the latter ' ( Shklar 1969 : 133 ) . Whether Rousseau ...
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... Thought . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Pateman , C. ( 1970 ) Participation and Democratic Theory . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Plato ( 1953 ) The Dialogues of Plato , Vol . IV , edited by B. Jowett . Oxford ...
... Thought . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Pateman , C. ( 1970 ) Participation and Democratic Theory . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Plato ( 1953 ) The Dialogues of Plato , Vol . IV , edited by B. Jowett . Oxford ...
Contents
The disenchantment of the world | 19 |
Rousseaus and nationalism | 74 |
The last of the ancients the first of the moderns? | 95 |
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