Rousseau's theory of freedom / Matthew Simpson.

9781847143198 (electronic bk.)
1847143199 (electronic bk.)
0826486401 (hbk.)
9780826486400

London ; New York : Continuum, ©2006.

English

1 online resource (xi, 124 pages)

99956027731

JC179.R9 S56 2006eb

(OCoLC)290598199

Jean-Jacques Rousseau has a claim to be ranked above even Karl Marx as the political philosopher who has most influenced everyday life. His much-read philosophy of education alone would qualify him for a high place, but his political theory is even more important: decisions affecting millions of people were made based on the reading of certain lines of the Social Contract. Yet while politicians and scholars have studied this book for 250 years, almost no agreement exists on how to interpret its central concept: freedom. Rousseau's theory of freedom has led him to be called everything from the.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.

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