Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men
First Edition ©2011 Jean Jacques Rousseau; translated; edited; and with an introduction by Helena Rosenblatt Formats: E-book, Print
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Authors
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Helena Rosenblatt
Helena Rosenblatt (PhD, Columbia) is a professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A specialist in European intellectual history, she is the author of Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (2008) and Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to the Social Contract, 1749-1762 (1997), and she is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Constant (2009).
Table of Contents
Preface
Rousseaus Beginnings: The Road to the Second Discourse
The Origins of Political Authority Before Rousseau
Rousseaus Bombshell: The Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality
The State of Nature
The Steps to Society
The Invention of Property
Anthropology, Psychology, and Evolutionary Biology
Rousseau and Gender
Reception of the Second Discourse
“Citizen of Geneva”: The Dedication
Rousseaus Later Life and Legacy
Rousseau and the French Revolution
The Social Contract and Its Paradoxes
Dedication
Preface
Notice about the Notes
First Part
Second Part
Rousseaus Notes
1. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from Holy Scripture, 1709
2. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651
3. Samuel Pufendorf, On the Duty of Man and Citizen, 1673
4. John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1690
5. George-Louis Leclerc Buffon, Discourse on the Nature of Animals, 1753
6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Of the Social Contract, 1762
7. Maximilien Robespierre, Eulogies to Rousseau, 1790s
8. Benjamin Constant, Principles of Politics, 1810
A Jean-Jacques Rousseau Chronology (1712-1794)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Product Updates
Authors
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Helena Rosenblatt
Helena Rosenblatt (PhD, Columbia) is a professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A specialist in European intellectual history, she is the author of Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (2008) and Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to the Social Contract, 1749-1762 (1997), and she is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Constant (2009).
Table of Contents
Preface
Rousseaus Beginnings: The Road to the Second Discourse
The Origins of Political Authority Before Rousseau
Rousseaus Bombshell: The Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality
The State of Nature
The Steps to Society
The Invention of Property
Anthropology, Psychology, and Evolutionary Biology
Rousseau and Gender
Reception of the Second Discourse
“Citizen of Geneva”: The Dedication
Rousseaus Later Life and Legacy
Rousseau and the French Revolution
The Social Contract and Its Paradoxes
Dedication
Preface
Notice about the Notes
First Part
Second Part
Rousseaus Notes
1. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from Holy Scripture, 1709
2. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651
3. Samuel Pufendorf, On the Duty of Man and Citizen, 1673
4. John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1690
5. George-Louis Leclerc Buffon, Discourse on the Nature of Animals, 1753
6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Of the Social Contract, 1762
7. Maximilien Robespierre, Eulogies to Rousseau, 1790s
8. Benjamin Constant, Principles of Politics, 1810
A Jean-Jacques Rousseau Chronology (1712-1794)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Product Updates
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Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men
A provocative essay that challenged the superiority of civilized society and modern government, Jean-Jacques Rousseaus Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality made him an outcast among fellow Enlightenment thinkers but stands today as one of the most important political texts in Western history. Helena Rosenblatts new translation, introduction, and selection of related documents help students comprehend why Rousseaus criticisms of human nature, political hierarchy, and private property were so controversial in his time yet later were hailed as a foundation of democracy. The introduction explores life experiences that shaped Rousseaus philosophy, explains contemporary ideas about political authority and social order, and guides students through Rousseaus thought, including explanations of how his work anticipated theories about evolution and inspired leaders of the French Revolution. Related primary documents -- including a selection from Rousseaus Social Contract -- situate Rousseaus ideas in contemporary political and social thought. Questions for consideration, a chronology of Rousseaus life and work, and a selected bibliography enrich students understanding of the man and his times.
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