Description: Rousseau : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Wokler, Robert, ISBN 0192801988, ISBN-13 9780192801982, Brand New, Free shipping in the US One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works, Robert Wolker shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational, and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by revolutionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communication with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well.
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Rousseau: a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 188 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: European / French, History & Theory
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 0.4 in
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science
Item Weight: 6.3 Oz
Item Length: 6.9 in
Author: Robert Wokler
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Item Width: 4.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
