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Rousseau and Freedom

By Christie McDonald , Stanley Hoffmann

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0521515823, 9780521515825
LCC
PQ2053 .R567 2010
Open Library ID
OL24039873M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1941492 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
328\328
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Debates about freedom, an ideal continually contested, were first set out in their modern version by the eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His ideas and analyses were taken up during the philosophical enlightenment, often invoked during the French Revolution, and still resonate in contemporary discussions of freedom. This volume examines Rousseau's many approaches to the concept of freedom, in the context of his thought on literature, religion, music, theater, women, the body, and the arts. Its expert contributors cross disciplinary frontiers to develop thought-provoking new angles on Rousseau's thought. By taking freedom as the guiding principle of their analysis, the essays form a cohesive account of Rousseau's writings.

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