The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibility of Reason - Couverture rigide

Qvortrup, Matt

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719065801 ISBN 13 : 9780719065804

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This exciting new text presents the first overview of Jean Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau--the great theorist of the French Revolution--really a conservative? This original study argues that the he was a constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu, and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godless materialism and revolutionary change, this book finds parallels between Rousseau and Burke, as well as showing how Rousseau developed the first modern theory of nationalism. The book presents an integrated political analysis of Rousseau's educational, ethical, religious and political writings, and will be essential reading for students of politics, philosophy and the history of ideas. -- .

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor Matt Qvortrup is Chair of Politics at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and an adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719065801
• ISBN 13: 9780719065804
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible