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Man or citizen : anger, forgiveness, and authenticity in Rousseau /

"Examines the role of anger and forgiveness in the autobiographical, literary, and philosophical works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Argues that for Rousseau, anger is an inevitable outcome of social intercourse, and that forgiveness is central to his understanding of subjectivity and hence of mora...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pagani, Karen, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Political Significance of Forgiveness and Anger in Rousseau's Thought: The Dialogues as a Case Study
  • 1. The Magnanimous Pardon
  • 2. The Philosophes' Plot and the Frenchman's Anger
  • 3. The Productive Capacities of the Citizen's Anger
  • 4 The Frenchman's Conundrum
  • Part 2: Private, Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Rousseauvean Intervention
  • 5. Saint-Lambert's and Rousseau's Miraculous Reconciliation
  • 6. Publicized Anger and the Unforgivable
  • 7. Forgiveness Among Men and Citizens
  • 8. To Forgive or Not to Forgive? That Is the Question
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover