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The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau : the impossibility of reason / Matt Qvortrup.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Qvortrup, Matt, author.
- Series:
- Manchester Political Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Political science--Philosophy--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 135 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This title presents an overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau - the great theorist of the French Revolution - really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godless materialism and revolutionary change, this book finds parallels between Rousseau and Burke, as well as showing that Rousseau developed the first modern theory of nationalism. The book presents an integrated political analysis of Rousseau's educational, ethical, religious and political writings, and should be of value to students of politics, philosophy and the history of ideas.
- Contents:
- 1. The politics of the soul: the life and times of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 2. The disenchantment of the world
- 3. Checks, balances and popular participation: Rousseau as a constitutionalist
- 4. A civic profession of faith: Rousseau's and nationalism
- 5. The last of the ancients the first of the moderns?
- 6. Epilogue: in the beginning was song
- Chronology of Rousseau's life (1712-78)
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Manchester University Press, viewed April 11, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781526137845
- 1526137844
- OCLC:
- 1116927768
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