The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Impossibilty of Reason
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science
| Author: | Matt Qvortrup | ISBN: | 9781847795823 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press | Publication: | July 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Matt Qvortrup |
| ISBN: | 9781847795823 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Publication: | July 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Language: | English |
Presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist, closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries.
Presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist, closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries.
