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Rousseau and revolution / edited by Holger Ross Lauritsen and Mikkel Thorup.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Continuum studies in political philosophy.
- Continuum studies in political philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Revolutions--Philosophy.
- Revolutions.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Democracy.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Political and social views.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseaus thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.The book explores Rousseaus own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseaus thinking in light of the French Revolution i
- Contents:
- Why Rousseau mistrusts revolutions : Rousseau's paradoxical conservatism / Blaise Bachofen
- The general will and national consciousness : radical requirements of democratic legitimacy in the writing of Rousseau and Fanon / Jane Anna Gordon
- Rousseau and the Terror : a reassessment / Julian Bourg
- Arbitrariness and freedom : Hegel on Rousseau and revolution / Angelica Nuzzo
- Reverse revolution : the paradox of Rousseau's authorship / Fayal Falaky
- The general will between conservation and revolution / Holger Ross Lauritsen
- Rousseau and revolution in the making of a modern political culture : Denmark 1750-1850 / Bertel Nygaard
- Creation, destruction and continuity of order / Christiane Mossin
- Rousseau and the revolutions of the earth : remarks on a natural metaphor / Antoine Hatzenberger
- The revolutionary return of the orator : public space and the spoken word in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / Masano Yamashita
- Rousseau, the revolution and the Republic / James Swenson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613174055
- 9781283174053
- 1283174057
- 9781441164131
- 1441164138
- OCLC:
- 745866046
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