Rousseau and revolution

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Title:

Author:

Lauritsen, Holger Ross.

ISBN:

9781441128973

Publication Information:

New York : Continuum, c2011.

Physical Description:

215 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Continuum studies in political philosophy

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

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.

Personal Subject:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778-Political and social views.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term:

Revolutions -- Philosophy.

Political science -- Philosophy.

Democracy -- Philosophy.

Added Author:

Lauritsen, Holger Ross.

Thorup, Mikkel.

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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 Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.

The book explores Rousseau's 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 Rousseau's 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.