Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
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Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781108989770
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The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-02-29
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1108997066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is freedom? What is equality? And what is sovereignty? A foundational text of modern political philosophy, Rousseau's Social Contract has generated much debate and exerted extraordinary influence not only on political thought, but also modern political history, by way of the French Revolution and other political events, ideals, and practices. The Social Contract is regularly studied in undergraduate courses of philosophy, political thought, and modern intellectual history, as well as being the subject of graduate seminars in numerous disciplines. The book inspires an ongoing flow of scholarly articles and monographs. Few texts have offered more influential and important answers to research questions than Rousseau's Social Contract, and in this new Cambridge Companion, a multidisciplinary team of contributors provides new ways to navigate this masterpiece of political philosophy- and its animating questions.
The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau
Author: Patrick Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-08-27
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780521576154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUniversally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.
Rousseau's 'The Social Contract'
Author: Christopher D. Wraight
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0826498604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Reader's Guide to one of the most important and influential works of political thought in the history of philosophy.
Rousseau's Social Contract
Author: David Lay Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-01-13
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1107511607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a masterpiece. Within a week of its publication in 1762 it was banished from France. Soon thereafter, Rousseau fled to Geneva, where he saw the book burned in public. At the same time, many of his contemporaries, such as Kant, considered Rousseau to be 'the Newton of the moral world', as he was the first philosopher to draw attention to the basic dignity of human nature. The Social Contract has never ceased to be read and debated in the 250 years since its publication. Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction offers a thorough and systematic tour of this notoriously paradoxical and challenging text. David Lay Williams offers readers a chapter-by-chapter reading of the Social Contract, squarely confronting these interpretive obstacles. The book also features a special extended appendix dedicated to outlining Rousseau's famous conception of the general will, which has been the object of controversy since the Social Contract's publication in 1762.
The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan
Author: Patricia Springborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-07-23
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139827286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Companion makes a new departure in Hobbes scholarship, addressing a philosopher whose impact was as great on Continental European theories of state and legal systems as it was at home. This volume is a systematic attempt to incorporate work from both the Anglophone and Continental traditions, bringing together newly commissioned work by scholars from ten different countries in a topic-by-topic sequence of essays that follows the structure of Leviathan, re-examining the relationship among Hobbes's physics, metaphysics, politics, psychology, and religion. Collectively they showcase important revisionist scholarship that re-examines both the context for Leviathan and its reception, demonstrating the degree to which Hobbes was indebted to the long tradition of European humanist thought. This Cambridge Companion shows that Hobbes's legacy was never lost and that he belongs to a tradition of reflection on political theory and governance that is still alive, both in Europe and in the diaspora.
Men and Citizens
Author: Judith N. Shklar
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1985-04-18
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521316408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCambridge paperback library. First published 1969. Includes bibliographical references. 5.
The Discourses and Other Political Writings
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus
Author: Lloyd Gerson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-02
Total Pages: 499
ISBN-13: 110848834X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new Companion offering student-friendly essays on this major figure in the Platonic tradition and in Greek philosophy.
The Cambridge Companion to Constant
Author: Helena Rosenblatt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-04-13
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 1139827715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBenjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and literary critic, and his accomplishments as a historian of religion. Themes covered range from Constant's views on modern liberty, progress, terror, and individualism, to his ideas on slavery and empire, literature, women, and the nature and importance of religion. The Cambridge Companion to Constant is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him.
