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| Named Person: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Wokler |
| ISBN: | 0192801988 9780192801982 |
| OCLC Number: | 46985016 |
| Description: | 171 p. : ill., ports. ; 18 cm. |
| Contents: | List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1: Life and times of a citizen of Geneva -- 2: Culture, music, and the corruption of morals -- 3: Human nature and civil society -- 4: Liberty, virtue, and citizenship -- 5: Religion, education, and sexuality -- 6: Vagabond reverie -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Very short introductions, 48 |
| Responsibility: | Robert Wokler. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
From the Publisher: One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works, Robert Wolker shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational, and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by revolutionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communication with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well.
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