Basic Political Writings: Discourse on the Sciences & the Arts, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On the Social ... Contract, The State of War (Hackett Classics) - Hardcover

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1603846743 ISBN 13: 9781603846745

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 2012

Synopsis

This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of Rousseau's most important political writings, and the addition of Cress' new translation of Rousseau's State of ?War. New footnotes, headnotes, and a chronology by David Wootton provide expert guidance to first-time readers of the texts.

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About the Author

Donald A. Cress is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of ?Wisconsin, Parkside. His translations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Discourse on Method are also published by Hackett.

David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of ?York. His translations of Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings, More's Utopia, and Voltaire's Candide--as well as his Divine Right and Democracy: An Anthology of Political Writings in Stuart England, his edition of Locke: Political Writings, and his Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers--are also available from Hackett.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1603846743
• ISBN 13: 9781603846745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320