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

'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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Qvortrup, Matt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Colección:Manchester Political Studies
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.