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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521033950

ISBN-139780521033954

eBay Product ID (ePID)57028537

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Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRousseau and Geneva : from the First Discourse to the Social Contract, 1749-1762

SubjectEuropean / French, History & Theory

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Political Science

AuthorHelena Rosenblatt

SeriesIdeas in Context Ser.

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"Roussesu and Geneva will have to be read by all Rousseau scholars, and it will provide to students one of the most lucid and scholarly introductions to Rousseau's political thought." Daniel Gordon, Journal of Modern History, "Helena Rosenblatt has given us a more sure picture of Rousseau.... Many...of the discrepencies in his writings are dispelled....Rosenblatt's best contribution is her careful examination of the political debates over constitution and natural law theory." History: Review of Books, "...Rosenblatt's book makes a valuable contribution to Rousseau scholarship and deserves to be read by all those who seek a fuller understanding of Rousseau as a political theorist and an active participant in Genevan poltics." Barry Wilkins, Philosophy in Review, '... the first published book in English that integrates Constant's views on religion and his ideas on politics ... The great merit of Helena Rosenblatt's erudite andinsightful book is that it sheds fresh light on how Constant achieved his goal and how he remained faithful to it to the very end of his agitated and controversial life.' The Review of Politics, "Themes and concerns typically associated with Rousseau's political thought are echoed and refracted in fascinating ways, in the historical context that Rosenblatt so ably brings back to life." Julia Simon, American Historical Review, 'â€¦ the first published book in English that integrates Constant's views on religion and his ideas on politics â€¦ The great merit of Helena Rosenblatt's erudite andinsightful book is that it sheds fresh light on how Constant achieved his goal and how he remained faithful to it to the very end of his agitated and controversial life.' The Review of Politics, ..."Rosenblatt's book makes a valuable contribution to Rousseau scholarship and deserves to be read by all those who seek a fuller understanding of Rousseau as a political theorist and an active participant in Genevan poltics." Barry Wilkins, Philosophy in Review

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 46

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal320.11

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments; Note on translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction. Rousseau in a Genevan context; 1. The formation of a 'citizen of Geneva'; 2. Rousseau becomes Rousseau, 1751-4: Geneva, doux commerce, and Rousseau from the First to the Second Discourse; 3. Rousseau and natural law: the context; 4. Rousseau and natural law: the Second Discourse; 5. The 'invisible chain': Rousseau and Geneva from the Second Discourse to the Social Contract; 6. The Social Contract; Epilogue; Select bibliography; Index.

SynopsisRousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr. Rosenblatt contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but Dr. Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact, a Genevan thinker and explains that it was his relationship with Geneva that played an integral part in his development into an original political thinker., Rousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan socio-economic, political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt effectively contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but this adoption obscures his Genevan origin. Dr Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact, a Genevan thinker and illustrates that Rousseau's classical republicanism, his version of natural law theory, his civil religion and his hostility to the arguments of doux commerce theorists are all responses to the political use of such arguments in Geneva. The author also points out that it was this relationship with Geneva that played an integral part in his development into an original political thinker., Rousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract.

LC Classification NumberJC179.R9 R67 1997