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oapen-20.500.12657-349992022-04-26T11:21:20Z The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The impossibility of reason Qvortrup, Mads france revolution french rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau Nationalism Political philosophy Thomas Hobbes bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPS Social & political philosophy This exciting new book 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 author of The Social Contract 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 that 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. 2010-06-01 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:31:16Z 2020-04-01T15:31:16Z 2003 book 341396 OCN: 567961475 60641919 9780719065804 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34999 eng application/pdf n/a 341396.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7228/manchester/9780719065804.001.0001 10.7228/manchester/9780719065804.001.0001 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd 9780719065804 open access
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This exciting new book 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 author of The Social Contract 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 that 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.
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