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

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'This title presents an overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau - the great theorist of the French Revolution - really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist much closer...

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Main Author: Qvortrup, Matt (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:Manchester Political Studies
Subjects:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Contributions in political science.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Influence.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778
Political science > Philosophy > History > 18th century.
Humanities.
Social and political philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / Social.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political science
Political science > Philosophy
Society & Social Sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory.
1700-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.