Rousseau and the French Revolution
Author: Charles Henry Lincoln
Publisher:
Published: 1897
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13:
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Rousseau and the Republic of Virtue
Author: Carol Blum
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780801495571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarol Blum's book is an extraordinarily important and beautifully written work for which I have the deepest admiration. No one seriously interested in the French Revolution or in eighteenth-century political language and theory can afford not to read it.
Rousseau and Revolution
Author: Holger Ross Lauritsen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-07-14
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1441164138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe. The book explores Rousseau's own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseau's thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791
Author: Jennifer J. Popiel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2022-07-01
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1469672367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual and political currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. As members of the National Assembly gather to craft a constitution for a new France, students wrestle with the threat of foreign invasion, political and religious power struggles, and questions of liberty and citizenship.
Rousseau and Revolution
Author: Will Durant
Publisher: M J F Books
Published: 1993-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781567310214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Eruope from 1715, to 1789.
Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment
Author: Graeme Garrard
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 0791487431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguing that the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's relationship to the Enlightenment has been eclipsed and seriously distorted by his association with the French Revolution, Graeme Garrard presents the first book-length case that shows Rousseau as the pivotal figure in the emergence of Counter-Enlightenment thought. Viewed in the context in which he actually lived and wrote—from the middle of the eighteenth century to his death in 1778—it is apparent that Rousseau categorically rejected the Enlightenment "republic of letters" in favor of his own "republic of virtue." The philosophes, placing faith in reason and natural human sociability and subjecting religion to systematic criticism and doubt, naively minimized the deep tensions and complexities of collective life and the power disintegrative forces posed to social order. Rousseau believed that the ever precarious social order could only be achieved artificially, by manufacturing "sentiments of sociability," reshaping individuals to identify with common interests instead of their own selfish interests.
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Robert Wokler
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2001-08-23
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 0191604429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works Robert Wokler shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communion with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Rousseau and the French Revolution, 1762-1791
Author: Joan McDonald
Publisher:
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13:
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Author: Matt Qvortrup
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013-07-19
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 184779582X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. 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.
Sister Revolutions
Author: Susan Dunn
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2000-09-04
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1429923695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat the two great modern revolutions can teach us about democracy today. In 1790, the American diplomat and politician Gouverneur Morris compared the French and American Revolutions, saying that the French "have taken Genius instead of Reason for their guide, adopted Experiment instead of Experience, and wander in the Dark because they prefer Lightning to Light." Although both revolutions professed similar Enlightenment ideals of freedom, equality, and justice, there were dramatic differences. The Americans were content to preserve many aspects of their English heritage; the French sought a complete break with a thousand years of history. The Americans accepted nonviolent political conflict; the French valued unity above all. The Americans emphasized individual rights, while the French stressed public order and cohesion. Why did the two revolutions follow such different trajectories? What influence have the two different visions of democracy had on modern history? And what lessons do they offer us about democracy today? In a lucid narrative style, with particular emphasis on lively portraits of the major actors, Susan Dunn traces the legacies of the two great revolutions through modern history and up to the revolutionary movements of our own time. Her combination of history and political analysis will appeal to all who take an interest in the way democratic nations are governed.
