A Discourse On Inequality - Couverture rigide

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1169225241 ISBN 13 : 9781169225244

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

A Discourse On Inequality by Jean Jacques Rousseau is a philosophical treatise that explores the origins and nature of inequality in human society. Rousseau argues that inequality is not a natural state of humanity, but rather a product of social and political systems that have been created over time. He traces the development of inequality from the earliest stages of human history, examining the ways in which economic, political, and social systems have contributed to its growth.Rousseau's analysis is not limited to the material aspects of inequality, but also delves into the psychological and emotional effects that it has on individuals and societies. He argues that inequality creates a sense of competition and rivalry among people, leading to a breakdown of social cohesion and a loss of empathy and compassion.Throughout the book, Rousseau offers a critique of contemporary society and its institutions, including government, religion, and the economy. He advocates for a more egalitarian and democratic society, one that prioritizes the well-being of all individuals rather than the interests of a privileged few.A Discourse On Inequality is a seminal work of political philosophy that continues to influence contemporary debates on social justice, equality, and democracy. Rousseau's ideas have had a profound impact on the development of modern political thought, and his insights into the nature of inequality remain relevant today.It Is Of Man That I Have To Speak; And The Question I Am Investigating Shows Me That It Is To Men That I Must Address Myself: For Questions Of This Sort Are Not Asked By Those Who Are Afraid To Honour Truth. I Shall Then Confidently Uphold The Cause Of Humanity Before The Wise Men Who Invite Me To Do So, And Shall Not Be Dissatisfied If I Acquit Myself In A Manner Worthy Of My Subject And Of My Judges.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU was born in Geneva in 1712. Abandoned by his father at the age of ten he tried his hand as an engraver's apprentice before he left the city in 1728. From then on he was to wander Europe seeking an elusive happiness. At Turin he became a Catholic convert; and as a footman, seminarist, music teacher or tutor visited many parts of Switzerland and France. In 1732 he settled for eight years at Chambéry or Les Charmettes, the country house of Madame de Warens, remembered by Rousseau as an idyllic place in the Confessions. In 1741 he set out for Paris where he met Diderot who commissioned him to write the musical articles for the Encyclopédie. In the meantime he fathered five children by Thérèse Levasseur, a servant girl, and abandoned them to a foundling home. The 1750s witnessed a breach with Voltaire and Diderot and his writing struck a new note of defiant independence. In his Discours sur les sciences et les arts and the Discours sur l'origine de l'inégalité he showed how the growth of civilization corrupted natural goodness and increased inequality between men. In 1758 he attacked his former friends, the Encyclopaedists, in the Lettre à d'Alembert sur les spectacles which pilloried cultured society. In 1757 he moved to Montmorency and these five years were the most fruitful of his life. His remarkable novel La nouvelle Héloise (1761), met with immediate and enormous success. In this and in Émile, which followed a year later, Rousseau invoked the inviolability of personal ideals against the power of the state and the pressures of society. The crowning achievement of his political philosophy was The Social Contract, published in 1762. That same year he wrote an attack on revealed religion, the Profession de foi du vicaire savoyard. He was driven from Switzerland and fled to England where he only succeeded in making an enemy of Hume and returned to his continental peregrinations. In 1770 Rousseau completed his Confessions. His last years were spent largely in France where he died in 1778.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal to his fellows, Rousseau believed that as societies become more sophisticated, the strongest and most intelligent members of the community gain an unnatural advantage over their weaker brethren, and that constitutions set up to rectify these imbalances through peace and justice in fact do nothing but perpetuate them. Rousseau's political and social arguments in the Discourse were a hugely influential denunciation of the social conditions of his time and one of the most revolutionary documents of the eighteenth-century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1169225241
• ISBN 13: 9781169225244
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 78
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible