The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau
Author: Patrick Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2001-08-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521576154

Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108997066

What is freedom? What is equality? And what is sovereignty? A foundational text of modern political philosophy, Rousseau's Social Contract has generated much debate and exerted extraordinary influence not only on political thought, but also modern political history, by way of the French Revolution and other political events, ideals, and practices. The Social Contract is regularly studied in undergraduate courses of philosophy, political thought, and modern intellectual history, as well as being the subject of graduate seminars in numerous disciplines. The book inspires an ongoing flow of scholarly articles and monographs. Few texts have offered more influential and important answers to research questions than Rousseau's Social Contract, and in this new Cambridge Companion, a multidisciplinary team of contributors provides new ways to navigate this masterpiece of political philosophy- and its animating questions.

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau
Author: Patrick Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2001-08-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139825623

Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.

Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract

Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2023-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108839304

What is freedom? What is equality? And what is sovereignty? A foundational text of modern political philosophy, Rousseau's Social Contract has generated much debate and exerted extraordinary influence not only on political thought, but also modern political history, by way of the French Revolution and other political events, ideals, and practices. The Social Contract is regularly studied in undergraduate courses of philosophy, political thought, and modern intellectual history, as well as being the subject of graduate seminars in numerous disciplines. The book inspires an ongoing flow of scholarly articles and monographs. Few texts have offered more influential and important answers to research questions than Rousseau's Social Contract, and in this new Cambridge Companion, a multidisciplinary team of contributors provides new ways to navigate this masterpiece of political philosophy- and its animating questions.

The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography

The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography
Author: Maria DiBattista
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139952323

The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography offers a historical overview of the genre from the foundational works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau through the great autobiographies of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. Sixteen essays from distinguished scholars and critics explore the diverse forms, audiences, styles, and motives of life writings traditionally classified under the rubric of autobiography. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and are grouped to reflect changing views of the psychological status, representative character, and moral authority of the autobiographical text. The volume closes with a group portrait of late-modernist and contemporary autobiographies that, by blurring the dividing line between fiction and non-fiction, expand our understanding of the genre. Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, the volume will appeal especially to students and teachers of non-fiction narrative, creative writing, and literature more broadly.

Rousseau's Social Contract

Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-01-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521197554

Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction offers a thorough and systematic tour of this notoriously paradoxical and challenging text.

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy
Author: Jed W. Atkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108265642

Cicero is one of the most important and influential thinkers within the history of Western philosophy. For the last thirty years, his reputation as a philosopher has once again been on the rise after close to a century of very low esteem. This Companion introduces readers to 'Cicero the philosopher' and to his philosophical writings. It provides a handy port-of-call for those interested in Cicero's original contributions to a wide variety of topics such as epistemology, the emotions, determinism and responsibility, cosmopolitanism, republicanism, philosophical translation, dialogue, aging, friendship, and more. The international, interdisciplinary team of scholars represented in this volume highlights the historical significance and contemporary relevance of Cicero's writings, and suggests pathways for future scholarship on Cicero's philosophy as we move through the twenty-first century.

The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Author: Matt Qvortrup
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 184779582X

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This exciting new text presents the first overview of Jean Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau--the great theorist of the French Revolution--really a conservative? This original study argues that the he 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 how 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 will be essential reading for students of politics, philosophy and the history of ideas.

J. J. Rousseau

J. J. Rousseau
Author: Eli FRIEDLANDER
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0674037332

Friedlander's book provides an afterlife for the Reveries in modern philosophy. It constitutes an alternative to the analytic tradition's revival of Rousseau, primarily through Rawls's influential vision of the social contract. It also counters the fate of Rousseau's writings in the continental tradition, determined by and large by Derrida's deconstruction.

The Cambridge Companion to Kant

The Cambridge Companion to Kant
Author: Paul Guyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1992-01-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521367684

This 1992 volume is a systematic and comprehensive account of the full range of Kant's writings for the student and advanced scholar alike.