Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the individual and society / Merle L. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Merle L., author.

Series:

Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 10.

Studies in Romance Languages ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study, Merle L. Perkins links individual freedom with national power in offering a close reading of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's major texts. He sees in Rousseau's thought an extreme tension and interdependence between the idiosyncrasy of nonconforming character and an almost obsessive concern with the external pressures operating on the state.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. THE SOURCE OF VISION Confessions; CHAPTER TWO. VIRTUE AS SCIENCE AND ART Discours sur les sciences et les arts; CHAPTER THREE. NATURE AND NECESSITY Discours sur l'inégalité; CHAPTER FOUR. THE ENLIGHTENED PRINCE Discours sur l'économic politique; CHAPTER FIVE. A NATION'S CHARACTER: THE MECHANICS OF DESTRUCTION Lettre à d'Alembert; CHAPTER SIX. THE EVOLVING FAMILY La Nouvelle Héloïse; CHAPTER SEVEN. EDUCATION: MATRIX FOR UNIQUENESS AND LEGITIMACY Emile; CHAPTER EIGHT. SUSTAINING THE INDIVIDUAL WILLS Du Contrat social

CHAPTER NINE. HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Du Contrat social Lettres écrites de la montagne; Projet de constitution pour la Corse; Considérations sur le gouvernement de Pologne; CHAPTER TEN. LEGITIMACY AND NATIONAL POWER Du Contrat social; Extrait du projet de paix perpétuelle; Etat de guerre; CHAPTER ELEVEN. UNIQUELY EVOLVING SELF; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813182100

0813182107

9780813164038

0813164036

OCLC:

900345260