Rousseau's Political Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
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- Synopsis
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This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau’s political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, and On Social Contract.
Each piece is fully annotated. Backgrounds includes a sketch of Rousseau’s life, selections from his Confessions, and comments on Rousseau’s work and character from such illustrious contemporaries and early critics as Voltaire, Hume, Boswell and Johnson, Paine, Kant, and Proudhon. Commentaries includes assessments of Rousseau’s political thought by a wide variety of scholars and critics including Judith Shklar, Robert Nisbet, Simone Weil, and Benjamin R. Barber.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 331 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393956511
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 04/08/21
- Copyrighted By:
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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