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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... seek to end all discussion – it rather seeks the opposite; to begin a serious discussion of politics based on the insights of one of the foremost of the classics. All too often philosophy is becoming detached from everyday life. It is ...
... seek to end all discussion – it rather seeks the opposite; to begin a serious discussion of politics based on the insights of one of the foremost of the classics. All too often philosophy is becoming detached from everyday life. It is ...
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... the functions of civic religion . The book does not seek to end all discussion - it rather seeks the opposite ; to begin a serious discussion of politics based on the insights of one of the foremost of the classics . All too Preface page.
... the functions of civic religion . The book does not seek to end all discussion - it rather seeks the opposite ; to begin a serious discussion of politics based on the insights of one of the foremost of the classics . All too Preface page.
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... seek inspiration from the great minds to deal with contemporary political problems . Rousseau - and indeed any other classic - is politically relevant only if he reveals timeless insights . If a classic cannot inspire he is nothing ...
... seek inspiration from the great minds to deal with contemporary political problems . Rousseau - and indeed any other classic - is politically relevant only if he reveals timeless insights . If a classic cannot inspire he is nothing ...
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... seek fortune and fame . He found neither . However , he was able to charm influential ladies , like Madame de Broglie , who helped him land a job as a secretary to de Montaigu , the French ambassador to Venice . Rousseau duly went to ...
... seek fortune and fame . He found neither . However , he was able to charm influential ladies , like Madame de Broglie , who helped him land a job as a secretary to de Montaigu , the French ambassador to Venice . Rousseau duly went to ...
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... seek ref- uge for fear of the consequences of their writings . What is certain is that Rousseau - being a novelist as much as a philosopher - was perversely inspired by his sufferings , and transformed these sufferings to his auto ...
... seek ref- uge for fear of the consequences of their writings . What is certain is that Rousseau - being a novelist as much as a philosopher - was perversely inspired by his sufferings , and transformed these sufferings to his auto ...
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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