Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment

Graeme Garrard is Lecturer in Political Philosophy and European Thought at Cardiff University.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Enlightenment Republic of Letters The Party of HumanityThe Virtue of Selfish Sociability 2. Philosophe, Madman, Revolutionary, God: The Many Faces of Jean-Jacques Rousseau IntroductionRousseau and the PhilosophesThe Invention of the "Revolutionary" RousseauConclusion 3. Unsociable Man: Rousseau’s Critique of Enlightenment Social ThoughtIntroductionFrom Contract to CommunityNatural Order, Social DisorderConclusion 4. Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment Republic of Virtue IntroductionExtending amour-propreStatecraft as SoulcraftRousseau’s "Manly" RepublicConclusion 5. On the Utility of Religion IntroductionThe Religious Basis of MoralityThe Union of Church and State 6. Dare to Be Ignorant! Introduction Messieurs de l’Encyclopédie"A Sweet and Precious Ignorance"The Light WithinConclusion 7. The Worst of All Possible Worlds The Cautious Optimism of the PhilosophesRousseau’s Optimism about the PastRousseau’s Pessimism about the FutureConclusion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index