Author: Laurence D. Cooper
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271029889
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The rise of modern science created a crisis for Western moral and political philosophy, which had theretofore relied either on Christian theology or Aristotelian natural teleology as guarantors of an objective standard for &"the good life.&" This book examines Rousseau's effort to show how and why, despite this challenge from science (which he himself intensified by equating our subhuman origins with our natural state), nature can remain a standard for human behavior. While recognizing an original goodness in human being in the state of nature, Rousseau knew this to be too low a standard and promoted the idea of &"the natural man living in the state of society,&" notably in Emile. Laurence Cooper shows how, for Rousseau, conscience&—understood as the &"love of order&"&—functions as the agent whereby simple savage sentiment is sublimated into a more refined &"civilized naturalness&" to which all people can aspire.
Rousseau, Nature, and the Problem of the Good Life
Author: Laurence D. Cooper
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271029889
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The rise of modern science created a crisis for Western moral and political philosophy, which had theretofore relied either on Christian theology or Aristotelian natural teleology as guarantors of an objective standard for &"the good life.&" This book examines Rousseau's effort to show how and why, despite this challenge from science (which he himself intensified by equating our subhuman origins with our natural state), nature can remain a standard for human behavior. While recognizing an original goodness in human being in the state of nature, Rousseau knew this to be too low a standard and promoted the idea of &"the natural man living in the state of society,&" notably in Emile. Laurence Cooper shows how, for Rousseau, conscience&—understood as the &"love of order&"&—functions as the agent whereby simple savage sentiment is sublimated into a more refined &"civilized naturalness&" to which all people can aspire.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271029889
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The rise of modern science created a crisis for Western moral and political philosophy, which had theretofore relied either on Christian theology or Aristotelian natural teleology as guarantors of an objective standard for &"the good life.&" This book examines Rousseau's effort to show how and why, despite this challenge from science (which he himself intensified by equating our subhuman origins with our natural state), nature can remain a standard for human behavior. While recognizing an original goodness in human being in the state of nature, Rousseau knew this to be too low a standard and promoted the idea of &"the natural man living in the state of society,&" notably in Emile. Laurence Cooper shows how, for Rousseau, conscience&—understood as the &"love of order&"&—functions as the agent whereby simple savage sentiment is sublimated into a more refined &"civilized naturalness&" to which all people can aspire.
Rousseau
Author: Joshua Cohen
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199581495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Joshua Cohen explains how the values of freedom, equality, and community all work together as parts of the democratic ideal expressed in Rousseau's conception of the 'society of the general will'. He also explores Rousseau's anti-Augustinian and anti-Hobbesian ideas that we are naturally good.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199581495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Joshua Cohen explains how the values of freedom, equality, and community all work together as parts of the democratic ideal expressed in Rousseau's conception of the 'society of the general will'. He also explores Rousseau's anti-Augustinian and anti-Hobbesian ideas that we are naturally good.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Paradoxes and interpretations
Author: John T. Scott
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415350846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Bringing together critical assessments of the broad range of Rousseau's thought, with a particular emphasis on his political theory, this systematic collection is an essential resource for both student and scholar.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415350846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Bringing together critical assessments of the broad range of Rousseau's thought, with a particular emphasis on his political theory, this systematic collection is an essential resource for both student and scholar.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Author: Leopold Damrosch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446964
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Reconstructs the life of the French literary genius whose writing changed opinions and fueled fierce debate on both sides of the Atlantic during the period of the American and French revolutions.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446964
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Reconstructs the life of the French literary genius whose writing changed opinions and fueled fierce debate on both sides of the Atlantic during the period of the American and French revolutions.
The Discourses and Other Political Writings
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Rousseau on Women, Love, and Family
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584657507
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
An exceptional anthology designed for courses on Rousseau, the history of philosophy, and women's studies
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584657507
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
An exceptional anthology designed for courses on Rousseau, the history of philosophy, and women's studies
Starting with Rousseau
Author: James Delaney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441138390
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Jean Jacques Rousseau is one of the most important and influential thinkers of the Enlightenment period and, indeed, of the whole history of philosophy. His political theory heavily influenced the French revolution, development of socialist theory and the growth of nationalism. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all of Rousseau's key works, Starting with Rousseau leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Rousseau's ideas, the book firmly sets his work in the context of the Enlightenment and explores his contributions to social theory, theories of human nature, philosophy of education, political philosophy and autobiography. The book introduces the major thinkers and events that proved influential in the development of Rousseau's thought.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441138390
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Jean Jacques Rousseau is one of the most important and influential thinkers of the Enlightenment period and, indeed, of the whole history of philosophy. His political theory heavily influenced the French revolution, development of socialist theory and the growth of nationalism. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all of Rousseau's key works, Starting with Rousseau leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Rousseau's ideas, the book firmly sets his work in the context of the Enlightenment and explores his contributions to social theory, theories of human nature, philosophy of education, political philosophy and autobiography. The book introduces the major thinkers and events that proved influential in the development of Rousseau's thought.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Author: Tracy B. Strong
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461665612
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In this book, Rousseau is understood as a theorist of the common person. For Strong, Rousseau resonates with Kant, Hegel, and Marx, but he is more modern like Emerson, Nietzsche, Eittegenstein, and Heidegger. Rousseau's democratic individual is an ordinary self, paradoxically multiple and not singular. In the course of exploring this contention, Strong examines Rousseau's fear of authorship (though not of authority), his understanding of the human, his attempt to overcome the scandal that relativism posed for politics, and the political importance of sexuality.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461665612
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In this book, Rousseau is understood as a theorist of the common person. For Strong, Rousseau resonates with Kant, Hegel, and Marx, but he is more modern like Emerson, Nietzsche, Eittegenstein, and Heidegger. Rousseau's democratic individual is an ordinary self, paradoxically multiple and not singular. In the course of exploring this contention, Strong examines Rousseau's fear of authorship (though not of authority), his understanding of the human, his attempt to overcome the scandal that relativism posed for politics, and the political importance of sexuality.
The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Author: Mads Qvortrup
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719065811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This title 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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719065811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This title 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.
The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874518368
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
A new English translation, the first to be based on the definitive French Pléiade edition.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874518368
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
A new English translation, the first to be based on the definitive French Pléiade edition.