Rousseau's republican romance / Elizabeth Rose Wingrove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wingrove, Elizabeth Rose, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Contributions in political science.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Contributions in republicanism.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Views on sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Rousseau's Republican Romance, Elizabeth Wingrove combines political theory and narrative analysis to argue that Rousseau's stories of sex and sexuality offer important insights into the paradoxes of democratic consent. She suggests that despite Rousseau's own protestations, "man" and "citizen" are not rival or contradictory ideals. Instead, they are deeply interdependent. Her provocative reconfiguration of republicanism introduces the concept of consensual nonconsensuality--a condition in which one wills the circumstances of one's own domination. This apparently paradoxical possibility appears at the center of Rousseau's republican polity and his romantic dyad: in both instances, the expression and satisfaction of desire entail a twin experience of domination and submission. Drawing on a wide variety of Rousseau's political and literary writings, Wingrove shows how consensual nonconsensuality organizes his representations of desire and identity. She demonstrates the inseparability of republicanism and accounts of heterosexuality in an analysis that emphasizes the sentimental and somatic aspects of citizenship. In Rousseau's texts, a politics of consent coincides with a performative politics of desire and of emotion. Wingrove concludes that understanding his strategies of democratic governance requires attending to his strategies of symbolization. Further, she suggests that any understanding of political practice requires attending to bodily practices.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Texts and Translations

INTRODUCTION. How to Engender a Political Subject

CHAPTER ONE. Savage Sensibilities

CHAPTER TWO. Object Lessons

CHAPTER THREE.1 Life Stories

CHAPTER FOUR. Loving the Body Politic

CHAPTER FIVE. Republican Performances

CHAPTER SIX. Making Rhetoric Matter

CONCLUSION. Isn't It Romantic?

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786612753978

9781282753976

1282753975

9781400823543

1400823544

OCLC:

705527104