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The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ISBN: 9780226151311 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 344 Published: 18 February 2014 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 6.0 x 9.0 x 1.9 Description:

Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Classicist and romanticist. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been said to be all of these things. Few philosophers have been the subject of as much or as intense debate, yet almost everyone agrees that Rousseau is among the most important and influential thinkers in the history of political philosophy. This new edition of his major political writings, published in the year of the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth, renews attention to the perennial importance of Rousseau's work.The book brings together superb new translations by renowned Rousseau scholar John T. Scott of three of Rousseau's works: theDiscourse on the Sciences and Arts, the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men,and On the Social Contract. The two Discourses show Rousseau developing his well-known conception of the natural goodness of man and the problems posed by life in society. With theSocial Contract, Rousseau ...

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