书名: Rousseau (Routledge Philosophers)
作者: Nicholas Dent (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (June 23, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415283493
ISBN-13: 978-0415283496
Book Description
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is one of the best-known figures of the French Enlightenment and a central figure in eighteenth-century philosophy. His influential theories of the social contract, inequality, liberty and education make him one of the most famous political philosophers of all time.
In this superb introduction, Nicholas Dent covers the whole of Rousseau's thought. He gives particular attention to Rousseau's theories of democracy and freedom found in his most celebrated work, The Social Contract, and explains what Rousseau meant by the 'general will'.
Review
"An intelligent and clearly written introduction ... It will be of great use to beginners who wish to orient themselves in the corpus of a writer who produced a large number of works of great diversity. It provides all the essential background information ... those familiar with Rousseau will also read it with profit." -- Christopher Kelly, Boston College
"This is a very fine piece of work indeed. In fact, I think it is the best general introduction to Rousseaus life and thought in English and succeeds brilliantly in conveying Rousseaus ideas in a sympathetic yet critical manner. The work is well paced and accessible to the person who knows nothing about Rousseau but wants to find out, whilst still managing to be stimulating to the specialist. I would be very happy to recommend this work to students and to others." -- Chris Bertram, University of Bristol
About the Author
Nicholas Dent, University of Birmingham
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作者: Nicholas Dent (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (June 23, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415283493
ISBN-13: 978-0415283496
Book Description
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is one of the best-known figures of the French Enlightenment and a central figure in eighteenth-century philosophy. His influential theories of the social contract, inequality, liberty and education make him one of the most famous political philosophers of all time.
In this superb introduction, Nicholas Dent covers the whole of Rousseau's thought. He gives particular attention to Rousseau's theories of democracy and freedom found in his most celebrated work, The Social Contract, and explains what Rousseau meant by the 'general will'.
Review
"An intelligent and clearly written introduction ... It will be of great use to beginners who wish to orient themselves in the corpus of a writer who produced a large number of works of great diversity. It provides all the essential background information ... those familiar with Rousseau will also read it with profit." -- Christopher Kelly, Boston College
"This is a very fine piece of work indeed. In fact, I think it is the best general introduction to Rousseaus life and thought in English and succeeds brilliantly in conveying Rousseaus ideas in a sympathetic yet critical manner. The work is well paced and accessible to the person who knows nothing about Rousseau but wants to find out, whilst still managing to be stimulating to the specialist. I would be very happy to recommend this work to students and to others." -- Chris Bertram, University of Bristol
About the Author
Nicholas Dent, University of Birmingham
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