&"We are all confronted, at one time or another, with choices as to what sort of life we will lead.&" So Tzvetan Todorov begins Frail Happiness, an important interpretation of Rousseau, one suffused with Todorov&’s own moral seriousness and intellectual depth. While ranging widely through Rousseau&’s corpus with skill and scholarly authority Todorov returns, again and again, to the fragile yet persistent hope for human happiness.
This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Emile, or On Education The Social Contract Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men Discourse on the Arts and Sciences A Discourse on Political Economy Confessions New Heloise (An Excerpt)
In 'The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau', readers are presented with a comprehensive collection of the most influential works by the acclaimed philosopher and writer. Rousseau's literary style is characterized by a blend of social and political discourse with elements of personal reflection and philosophical inquiry. His writings are considered pivotal in the development of modern political thought and his ideas have had a lasting impact on various fields of study. The book includes Rousseau's famous works such as 'The Social Contract' and 'Emile', offering readers a deep dive into his theories on education, society, and human nature. Through his eloquent prose, Rousseau challenges traditional beliefs and advocates for a more just and equitable social order. He explores themes of freedom, inequality, and human nature with unparalleled insight and passion.
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Novels Emile, or On Education New Heloise (An Excerpt) Political Writings The Social Contract Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men Discourse on the Arts and Sciences A Discourse on Political Economy Autobiography Confessions Criticism on Rousseau Rousseau and Romanticism (Irving Babbitt)
The essays in this collection provide an unusually rich set of original reflections on current German political, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual life.
Emile Jean-Jacques Rousseau - "Emile, or On Education" or "Émile, or Treatise on Education" is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man. Jean-Jacques Rousseau considered it to be the "best and most important" of all his writings. Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar", Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762, the year of its first publication. During the French Revolution, Emile served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education. Rousseau seeks to describe a system of education that would enable the natural man he identifies in The Social Contract (1762) to survive corrupt society. He employs the novelistic device of Emile and his tutor to illustrate how such an ideal citizen might be educated. Emile is scarcely a detailed parenting guide but it does contain some specific advice on raising children. It is regarded by some as the first philosophy of education in Western culture to have a serious claim to completeness, as well as being one of the first Bildungsroman novels.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, enlightenment philosopher and founder of 'natural education', is one of the most influential philosophers of education in the western world. In order to fully understand Rousseau's impact as a true educational thinker, Jurgen Oelkers argues that we must take into account his paradoxical style, unique intellectual biography and his turbulent and unconventional way of life. Combining historical analysis and contemporary ethical theory, this text serves as both an introduction to Rousseau's theories of education and a critique of his views, and shows how Rousseau was a pioneer in exploring educational issues within the context of his own philosophical problems in order to present innovative solutions.
