The General Will before Rousseau : The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic / Patrick Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Patrick, author.

Series:

Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy

Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ; 465

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General will--History.

General will.

Political science--France--History.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Patrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the "general will" was important to Rousseau himself. He uses the language of divinity bequeathed to him by Pascal, Malebranche, Fenelon, and others to dignify, to elevate, and to "save" politics.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

One. The General Will Established: From Paul and Augustine to Pascal and Malebranche

Two. The General Will under Attack: The Criticisms of Bossuet, Fenelon, and Bayle

Three. The Departure from General Will: Malebranche on Moral Relations, Order, and Occasionalism

Four. The General Will Socialized: The Contribution of Montesquieu

Five. The General Will Completed: Rousseau and the Volonté Générale of the Citizen

Six. A Brief Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9781400858187

1400858186

OCLC:

979746378