The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibilty of ReasonThis electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This 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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... Hobbes , Hegel and Locke have made other - in many ways equally interesting and valuable - contributions to that never - ending debate which is political philosophy . This book , however , presents a perspective from the point of view ...
... Hobbes , Hegel and Locke have made other - in many ways equally interesting and valuable - contributions to that never - ending debate which is political philosophy . This book , however , presents a perspective from the point of view ...
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... Hobbes compose an opera - and did it inspire the work of Mozart ? Did Byron write poems about Hume or Leibniz ? Did Schiller compose sonnets about Descartes and Locke ? These questions seem too ridiculous to warrant an answer . Ask the ...
... Hobbes compose an opera - and did it inspire the work of Mozart ? Did Byron write poems about Hume or Leibniz ? Did Schiller compose sonnets about Descartes and Locke ? These questions seem too ridiculous to warrant an answer . Ask the ...
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... ( Hobbes and Locke both earned their living in this way ) . How- ever Rousseau- the great educationalist - showed little aptitude for peda- gogy in practice . Increasingly driven by ambition and an almost Hegelian thirst for recognition ...
... ( Hobbes and Locke both earned their living in this way ) . How- ever Rousseau- the great educationalist - showed little aptitude for peda- gogy in practice . Increasingly driven by ambition and an almost Hegelian thirst for recognition ...
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... Hobbes , Spinoza , Marx and Locke come to mind ) , was a practical man , not an ivory tower theorist . Most contemporary thinkers are detached from the practical world ; their concerns are theoretical in origin and ab- stract in outcome ...
... Hobbes , Spinoza , Marx and Locke come to mind ) , was a practical man , not an ivory tower theorist . Most contemporary thinkers are detached from the practical world ; their concerns are theoretical in origin and ab- stract in outcome ...
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... Hobbes to take up his pen , just as social inequality prompted Marx to follow suit . The list could go on indefinitely . Rousseau was a successful writer , at least when measured by his influ- ence . Yet his masterpieces were not well ...
... Hobbes to take up his pen , just as social inequality prompted Marx to follow suit . The list could go on indefinitely . Rousseau was a successful writer , at least when measured by his influ- ence . Yet his masterpieces were not well ...
Contents
The disenchantment of the world | 19 |
Rousseaus and nationalism | 74 |
The last of the ancients the first of the moderns? | 95 |
in the beginning was song | 111 |
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