Discourse on the Origin of Inequality - Couverture souple

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1435108779 ISBN 13 : 9781435108776

Editeur : BookAnnex, 2008

Synopsis

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’sDiscourse on the Origin of Inequality (the Second Discourse) is one of the most important works of social philosophy of the Enlightenment. The Discourse is recognized today as a provocative and radically innovative text that anticipated anthropology, Marxist theory, the passionate rhetoric of Romanticism, and more broadly, an entire modern spirit of discontent with civilization. The debate in which Rousseau engaged himself with the Second Discourse was already well established in the mid-eighteenth century: inequality and its relation to natural law. His answers, however, were anything but familiar, and they retain a remarkable freshness and urgency for the contemporary reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is, in the view of many, the greatest prose stylist of the eighteenth century. He is also the most significant political theorist of the Enlightenment (of particular note are the Discourse on Inequality and the Social Contract), the greatest theoretician of education (with Emile), and author of eighteenth-century France’s most successful novel, Julie or the New Heloïse. He also made important contributions to music, theater, and botany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BookAnnex
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1435108779
• ISBN 13: 9781435108776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible