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English
Routledge
18 April 2005
"In this superb introduction, Nicholas Dent covers the whole of Rousseau's thought. Beginning with a helpful overview of Rousseau's life and works, he introduces and assesses Rousseau's central ideas and arguments. These include the corruption of modern civilization, the state of nature, his famous theories of ""amour de soi ""and ""amour propre"", education, and his famous work ""Emile"". 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'."

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   342g
ISBN:   9780415283502
ISBN 10:   0415283507
Series:   The Routledge Philosophers
Pages:   272
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

University of Birmingham

Reviews for Rousseau

'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 Rousseau's life and thought in English and succeeds brilliantly in conveying Rousseau's 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


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