Rousseau

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 Wokler 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 visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communion with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well.

ISBN 0192801988   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780192801982 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 172 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford Paperbacks   Series ISSN 48 Format Paperback   Series title Very Short Introductions Publication date 23 Aug 2001   Previous ISBN 9780192876409 Library of Congress 2002277109   Height (mm) 174 DEWEY 194   Width (mm) 111 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 11 Pages 188   Academic level General

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		Abbreviations
1		The life and times of a citizen of Geneva		1
2		Culture, music, and the corruption of morals		23
3		Human nature and civil society		44
4		Liberty, virtue, and citizenship		71
5		Religion, education, and sexuality		101
6		Vagabond reverie		131
		Further reading		151
		Index		161

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