| Description |
xiv, 331 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Clifford Orwin and Nathan Tarcov -- 1. The Problem of the Bourgeois / Werner J. Dannhauser -- 2. Rousseau and the Case against (and for) the Arts / Christopher Kelly -- 3. Rousseau, Kant, and the Beginning of History / Susan Shell -- 4. The Tension in the Beautiful: On Culture and Civilization in Rousseau and German Philosophy / Richard Velkley -- 5. Rousseau and Freud on Sexuality and Its Discontents / Joel Schwartz -- 6. Rousseau and the Rediscovery of Human Nature / Roger D. Masters -- 7. Rousseau's Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism / Allan Bloom -- 8. Rousseau and the French Revolution / Francois Furet -- 9. Rousseau and the Origins of Nationalism / Marc F. Plattner -- 10. Rousseau and the Theory and Practice of International Relations / Pierre Hassner -- 11. Rousseau, Ethnicity, and Difference / H. D. Forbes -- 12. Privacy and Community / Steven Kautz -- 13. Rousseau and the Modern Cult of Sincerity / Arthur M. Melzer |
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14. Rousseau and the Discovery of Political Compassion / Clifford Orwin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
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Political culture.
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Political science.
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| Author |
Orwin, Clifford, 1947-
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Tarcov, Nathan.
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| LC no. |
96008908 |
| ISBN |
0226638553 (alk. paper) |
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0226638561 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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