Jean-Jacques Rousseau : the division of labour, the politics of the imagination and the concept of federal government /

"This is a book about the political thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Its aim is to explain why, for Rousseau, thinking about politics - whether as democratic sovereignty, representative government, institutionalised power, imaginative vision or a moment of decision - lay at the heart of what h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sonenscher, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:History of European political and constitutional thought ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Political and social views.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778 > Pensée politique et sociale.
1700-1799
Political science > History > 18th century.
General will.
Social contract.
Civil society.
Federal government.
Volonté générale.
Contrat social.
Société civile.
Civil society
Federal government
General will
Political and social views
Political science
Social contract
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the marvellous in life
  • The Fénelon problem
  • The division of labour and the political economy of the general will
  • The politics of the imagination
  • Conscience and the structure of federal government
  • Rousseau's legacy
  • Otto von Gierke
  • Epilogue: The Jean-Jacques Rousseau problem in historical context.

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