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Rousseau's Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy : a New Introduction.
This book reads Jean-Jacques Rousseau with a view toward deepening our understanding of many political issues alive today, including the place of women in society, the viability of traditional family structures, the role of religion and religious freedom in nations that are becoming ever more secula...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing,
2016.
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| Colección: | Recovering political philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication; Texts and Translations; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Leo Strauss, Persecution andẗheÄrt ofẄriting; John Locke, Of theÈConduct ofẗheÜnderstanding; Chapter 2: Philosophic Anthropology inẗheÈDiscourse onÏnequality; The State ofÈNature; "The Happiest Epoch, andẗheÈMost Durable"; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas andẗheÈBushmen; Equality andÈFreedom Among theÈBushmen; Social Discipline Among theÈBushmen; Jealousy andÈLions; Pre-Human Happiness; Proto-Politics; Conclusion.
- Chapter 3: The Evolution ofḦumanity inÈLanguage: Discourse onÏnequality andËssay onẗheÖrigin ofÈLanguagesGreek Philosophers andẗheÈProblem ofÈLanguage; Man Alone among theÄnimals Has Speech; Modern Science andÈNatural Sociality; The Structure ofẗheËssay onẗheÖrigin ofÈLanguages; Primitive Language andÈPlato's Cratylus; The Evolution ofÈLanguages; Language, Music, andÈModern Science; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Greatness ofÈSoul andẗheÈSouls ofẄomen: Rousseau's Use ofÈPlato's Laws inẗheÈLetter toÈd'Alembert; Economic Equality andẗheËducation ofẄomen inẗheÈLaws; Economics andẄomen.
- The Education ofẄomenAlternatives toẗheËquality ofẄomen; Preserving Women fromÈMiseducation: TheÈLetter toÈd'Alembert; Happy Families; Unhappy Lovers; Men Unmanned; Republican Entertainments; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Nature andÈMarriage: Emile orÖnËducation; Early Education inÈSome Thoughts Concerning Education; Rousseau's Alternative toÈLocke's Early Education; Plato's Republic andẗheÈTransition toÄdulthood; Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; Rousseau andẗheÈSavoyard Vicar; Emile andÈReligion; Religion andḦappiness; Letter toÈBeaumont; Moral Letters; Letter toÈFranquiÆeres.
- Love, Politics, andÈFĐenelon's TelemachusEros, Adversity, andÈPlato's Symposium; Adversity Without Eros: The Solitaries; A Quasi-Epicurean Approach toḦappiness; Chapter 6: Political Legitimacy, Direct Democracy, andÄmerican Politics; Political Legitimacy; Natural Rights; Hobbes; Locke; Rousseau onÈDirect Democracy andÈPolitical Legitimacy; Discourse onÏnequality; Social Contract; Rousseau's Pessimism about Liberalism; Rousseau's Alternative toÈLiberalism; Considerations onẗheÈGovernment ofÈPoland; Rousseau andẗheÈSupreme Court's Term Limits Decision; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Conclusion.