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Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment

A Republican Critique of the Philosophes

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Sees Rousseau as the father of Counter-Enlightenment thought.Arguing that the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's relationship to the Enlightenment has been eclipsed and seriously distorted by his association with the French Revolution, Graeme Garrard presents the first book-length case that shows Rousseau as the pivotal figure in the emergence of Counter-Enlightenment thought. Viewed in the context in which he actually lived and wrote-from the middle of the eighteenth century to his death in 1778-it is apparent that Rousseau categorically rejected the Enlightenment "republic of letters" in favor of his own "republic of virtue." The philosophes, placing faith in reason and natural human sociability and subjecting religion to systematic criticism and doubt, naively minimized the deep tensions and complexities of collective life and the power disintegrative forces posed to social order. Rousseau believed that the ever precarious social order could only be achieved artificially, by manufacturing "sentiments of sociability," reshaping individuals to identify with common interests instead of their own selfish interests.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-01-09
Mått229 x 152 x 15 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Social and Political Thought
Antal sidor206
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791456040

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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