The Essential Writings of Rousseau (Modern Library Classics)

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Synopsis
Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world's most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement's most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant more than two hundred years after his death. Rousseau's 1762 treatise The Social Contract laid intellectual groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions, influencing such figures as Thomas Jefferson. An eloquent writer with profound insight into human psychology, Rousseau also penned one of the most compelling autobiographies ever written--the magisterial Confessions. The entirety of the first three books of that masterpiece along with the complete Social Contract are included in this indispensable volume. Paperback edition.
Copyright:
2013

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780679645399
Related ISBNs:
9780812980387
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Random House, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Leo Damrosch
Translator:
Peter Constantine

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