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Rousseau Robert Wokler

Rousseau By Robert Wokler

Rousseau by Robert Wokler


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Rousseau was both a central figure of the European Enlightenment and its most formidable critic. In this compact study of his works, Robert Wokler shows how his thinking and writing were all inspired by an ideal of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom.

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Rousseau by Robert Wokler

One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works Robert Wokler shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communion with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well. This book is intended for undergraduates studying the history of political thought, political theory, French literature.

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GOR002685144
9780192876409
0192876406
Rousseau by Robert Wokler
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19950301
140
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