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Making citizens : Rousseau's political theory of culture /

By analyzing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Zev Trachtenberg characterizes the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trachtenberg, Zev M. (Zev Matthew), 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:By analyzing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Zev Trachtenberg characterizes the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue. However, while the cultural institutions Rousseau endorses would motivate citizens to obey the law, they would not prepare citizens to help frame it. Rousseau's view of culture thus works against his account of legitimacy, and Trachtenberg concludes that Rousseau's political theory as a whole is inconsistent.
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
ISBN:0415040639
9780415040631
0203024281
9780203024287
9786610331802
6610331804
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9781134953653
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9781280331800
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