Jean Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract & Discourses (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Social Contract" and "Discourses" are two influential works by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. These writings explore political philosophy, the nature of society, and the relationship between individuals and the state. In "The Social Contract," Rousseau discusses the concept of a social contract as the foundation of a just and legitimate government. He argues that individuals willingly enter into a social contract with one another, surrendering some of their freedoms to a collective authority in exchange for protection and the common good. Rousseau emphasizes the importance of the general will, which represents the collective interests of the people and serves as the basis for a legitimate government. In the "Discourses," Rousseau examines various aspects of society and human nature. He critiques the existing social order, arguing that civilization and societal institutions have corrupted natural human goodness. Rousseau highlights the importance of individual freedom and the need for a more egalitarian and participatory society. Rousseau's writings had a significant impact on political thought and were influential during the French Revolution and beyond. His ideas on democracy, individual freedom, and the social contract continue to shape political discourse and inspire debates on the nature of government and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789358718751
• Artikelnr.: 68482872

Autorenporträt

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought. His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction.[2][3] His Emile, or On Education (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings-the posthumously published Confessions (composed in 1769), which initiated the modern autobiography, and the unfinished Reveries of a Solitary Walker (composed 1776-1778)-exemplified the late-18th-century "Age of Sensibility", and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. Rousseau befriended fellow philosophy writer Denis Diderot in 1742, and would later write about Diderot's romantic troubles in his Confessions. During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophers among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death. Rousseau was born in Geneva, which was at the time a city-state and a Protestant associate of the Swiss Confederacy. Since 1536, Geneva had been a Huguenot republic and the seat of Calvinism. Five generations before Rousseau, his ancestor Didier, a bookseller who may have published Protestant tracts, had escaped persecution from French Catholics by fleeing to Geneva in 1549, where he became a wine merchant