Rousseau
By Timothy O'Hagan
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-04443-1
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 5th August 1999
- Pages: 336
About the Book
Timothy O'Hagan investigates Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings concerning the formation of humanity, of the individual and of the citizen in his three master works: the
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Men,
Emile and the
Social Contract. He explores Rousseau's reflections on the sexes, language and religion.
O'Hagan gives Rousseau's arguments a close and sympathetic reading. He writes as a philosopher, not a historian, yet he never loses sight of the cultural context of Rousseau's work.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Rousseau: the life and work, 1. Rousseau's divided thought: the morality of the senses and the morality of duty 2. The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men 3. The Emile Part 4 The Social Contract: principles of right 5. The empire of the laws: the general will and totalitarianism 6. The Social Contract: maxims of politics 7. Amour-propre 8. Men and Women 9. Language 10. Religion and politics 11. Negative theology: revealed relgion criticized 12. Postitive theology: natural religion defended. Concluding reflections.
About the Author(s)
Timothy O'Hagan teaches philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of
The End of Law?.
