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Man or citizen : anger, forgiveness, and authenticity in Rousseau / Karen Pagani.
LIBRA B2137 .P34 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pagani, Karen, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Anger--Philosophy.
- Anger.
- Forgiveness--Philosophy.
- Forgiveness.
- Philosophy.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- "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 moral and political action"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Political Significance of Forgiveness and Anger in Rousseau's Thought: The Dialogues as a Case Study 29
- 1 The Magnanimous Pardon 33
- 2 The Philosophes' Plot and the Frenchman's Anger 44
- 3 The Productive Capacities of the Citizen's Anger 53
- 4 The Frenchman's Conundrum 75
- Part 2 Private, Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Rousseauvean Intervention 103
- 5 Saint-Lambert's and Rousseau's Miraculous Reconciliation 107
- 6 Publicized Anger and the Unforgivable 129
- 7 Forgiveness Among Men and Citizens 142
- 8 To Forgive or Not to Forgive? That Is the Question 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271065908
- 0271065907
- OCLC:
- 898717315
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