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Rousseau : a free community of equals /

Joshua Cohen explains how the values of freedom, equality, and community all work together as parts of the democratic ideal expressed in Rousseau's conception of the 'society of the general will'. He also explores Rousseau's anti-Augustinian and anti-Hobbesian ideas that we are n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Joshua, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Series:Founders of modern political and social thought.
Subjects:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Political and social views.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778
Democracy > Philosophy.
Démocratie locale > Philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Democracy > Philosophy
Political and social views
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Joshua Cohen explains how the values of freedom, equality, and community all work together as parts of the democratic ideal expressed in Rousseau's conception of the 'society of the general will'. He also explores Rousseau's anti-Augustinian and anti-Hobbesian ideas that we are naturally good.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 197 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193) and index.
ISBN:9780191573873
0191573876
9780191722875
0191722871