Rousseau and revolution

by Lauritsen, Holger Ross Thorup, Mikkel

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Title Statements

Full title :Rousseau and revolution / edited by Holger Ross Lauritsen and Mikkel Thorup.

Summary

The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseaus thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe. The book explores Rousseaus own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseaus thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:vi, 215 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781441128973, 1441128972
oclc:ocn695560078
LC Classification:JC179.R9
Dewey Decimal:321.09/4

Why Rousseau mistrusts revolutions : Rousseau's paradoxical conservatism / Blaise Bachofen -- The general will and national consciousness : radical requirements of democratic legitimacy in the writing of Rousseau and Fanon / Jane Anna Gordon -- Rousseau and the Terror : a reassessment / Julian Bourg -- Arbitrariness and freedom : Hegel on Rousseau and revolution / Angelica Nuzzo -- Reverse revolution : the paradox of Rousseau's authorship / Fayal Falaky -- The general will between conservation and revolution / Holger Ross Lauritsen -- Rousseau and revolution in the making of a modern political culture : Denmark 1750-1850 / Bertel Nygaard -- Creation, destruction and continuity of order / Christiane Mossin -- Rousseau and the revolutions of the earth : remarks on a natural metaphor / Antoine Hatzenberger -- The revolutionary return of the orator : public space and the spoken word in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / Masano Yamashita -- Rousseau, the revolution and the Republic / James Swenson.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Democracy -- Philosophy Demokratie Political and social views Political science -- Philosophy Politische Philosophie Revolution Revolutions -- Philosophy Rousseau, Jean-Jacques