Rousseau: 'The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings

Rousseau: 'The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings PDF Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521424455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498

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Book Description
The work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is presented in two volumes, together forming a comprehensive anthology of Rousseau's political writings in English. This second volume contains the earlier writings such as the First and Second Discourses, the publication of which signalled the power and challenge of Rousseau's thinking. Rousseau's influence was wide reaching and has continued to grow since his death: major landmarks in world history, such as the American and French Revolutions, were profoundly affected by Rousseau's writing, as were cultural and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Idealism. This volume, like its successor, contains a comprehensive introduction, chronology and guide to further reading and will enable students to obtain a full understanding of the writings of one of the world's greatest thinkers.