Rousseau and Revolution
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Rousseau and Revolution

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Rousseau and Revolution

About this book

The political philosophy of the 18 th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.

The book explores Rousseau's own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseau's thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781472510440
eBook ISBN
9781441164131
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Part One Democracy and Violence
  9. Chapter 1 Why Rousseau Mistrusts Revolutions: Rousseau’s Paradoxical Conservatism
  10. Chapter 2 The General Will and National Consciousness: Radical Requirements of Democratic Legitimacy in the Writing of Rousseau and Fanon
  11. Chapter 3 Rousseau and the Terror: A Reassessment
  12. Chapter 4 Arbitrariness and Freedom: Hegel on Rousseau and Revolution
  13. Part Two Philosophy and Political Change
  14. Chapter 5 Reverse Revolution: The Paradox of Rousseau’s Authorship
  15. Chapter 6 The General Will between Conservation and Revolution
  16. Chapter 7 Rousseau and Revolution in the Making of a Modern Political Culture: Denmark 1750–1850
  17. Part Three Revolution and History
  18. Chapter 8 Creation, Destruction and Continuity of Order
  19. Chapter 9 Rousseau and the Revolutions of the Earth: Remarks on a Natural Metaphor
  20. Chapter 10 The Revolutionary Return of the Orator: Public Space and the Spoken Word in the Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  21. Chapter 11 Rousseau, the Revolution and the Republic
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index