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Rousseau and the problem of human relations /

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"Investigates the psychological foundations of human sociability as they are treated in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Argues that Rousseau provides a pessimistic, or tragic, teaching concerning the nature and scope of human connectedness"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warner, John M. (John Martin), 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Political and social views.
Interpersonal relations.
Political and social views.
Table of Contents:
  • Rousseau's theory of human relations
  • Social longing and moral perfection
  • Pity and human weakness
  • Romantic love in Emile
  • Romantic love in Julie
  • Friendship, virtue, and moral authority
  • The ecology of justice
  • The sociology of wholeness.