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Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) and Polemics

By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Book information

Publisher
University Press of New England
Year
1992
ISBN
0874515807, 9780874515800, 9780585336428
LCC
PQ2034 .A3 1990 vol. 2,PQ2040.D63E5 .A3 1990
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
699 kB (715387 bytes)
Series
Collected Writings of Rousseau 2
Pages
0\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Contains the entire First Discourse, contemporary attacks on it, Rousseau's replies to his critics, and his summary of the debate in his preface to Narcissus. A number of these texts have never before been available in English. The First Discourse and Polemics demonstrate the continued relevance of Rousseau's thought. Whereas his critics argue for correction of the excesses and corruptions of knowledge and the sciences as sufficient, Rousseau attacks the social and political effects of the dominant forms of scientific knowledge.

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