Rousseau and Geneva

Klappentext Rousseau and Geneva is a distinguished contribution to the history of political thought. Zusammenfassung Rousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Note on translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction. Rousseau in a Genevan context; 1. The formation of a 'citizen of Geneva'; 2. Rousseau becomes Rousseau, 1751-4: Geneva, doux commerce, and Rousseau from the First to the Second Discourse; 3. Rousseau and natural law: the context; 4. Rousseau and natural law: the Second Discourse; 5. The 'invisible chain': Rousseau and Geneva from the Second Discourse to the Social Contract; 6. The Social Contract; Epilogue; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Helena Rosenblat, Helena Rosenblatt
• Assisted by: Quentin Skinner (Editor), James Tully (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.1997
• EAN: 9780521570046
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57004-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education