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The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseau''s thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.The book explores Rousseau''s own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseau''s thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.>
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction \ Part I: Democracy and Violence \ 1. Why Rousseau Mistrusts Revolutions: Rousseau's Paradoxical Conservatism Blaise Bachofen \ 2. The General Will and National Conscioussness: Radical Requirements of Democratic Legitimacy in the Writing of Rousseau and Fanon Jane Anna Gordon \ 3. Rousseau and the Terror: A Reassessment Julian Bourg \ 4. Arbitrariness and Freedom: Hegel on Rousseau and Revolution Angelica Nuzzo \ Part II: Philosophy and Political Change \ 5. Reverse Revolution: The Paradox of Rousseau's Authorship Fayçal Falaky \ 6. The General Will Between Conservation and Revolution Holger Ross Lauritsen \ 7. Rousseau and Revolution in the Making of a Modern Political Culture: Denmark 1750-1850 Holger Ross Lauritsen \ Part III: Revolution and History \ 8. Creation, Destruction and Continuity of Order Christiane Mossin \ 9. Rousseau and the Revolutions of the Earth: Remarks on a Natural Metaphor Antoine Hatzenberger \ 10. The Revolutionary Return of the Orator: Public Space and the Spoken Word in the Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Masano Yamashita \ 11. Rousseau, the Revolution and the Republic Masano Yamashita \ Index.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Mikkel Thorup is Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His previous publications include An Intellectual History of Terror: War, Violence and the State (Routledge, 2010).
Holger Ross Lauritsen is a PhD Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
