Rousseau: The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) - Hardcover

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107151244 ISBN 13: 9781107151246

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. This volume includes the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts and the Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men - the so-called First and Second Discourses - together with Rousseau's extensive Replies to critics of these Discourses; the Essay on the Origin of Languages; the Letter to Voltaire on Providence; as well as several minor but illuminating writings - the Discourse on Heroic Virtue and the essay Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book. In these as well as in his later writings, Rousseau probes the very premises of modern thought. His influence was wide-reaching from the very first, and it has continued to grow since his death. The American and the French Revolutions were profoundly affected by his thought, as were Romanticism and Idealism. This new edition features up-to-date translations, an expanded Introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

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Book Description:

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. Featuring an expanded introduction, a new foreword and an extensive editorial apparatus, this new edition is designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

About the Author:

Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Wesleyan University, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1107151244
• ISBN 13: 9781107151246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 516
• Editor: Gourevitch Victor