Rousseau: The Sentiment of Existence
Cambridge University Press (2006)
| Abstract | The distinguished philosopher David Gauthier examines Rousseau's evolving notion of freedom, particularly in his later works, where he focuses on a single quest: Can freedom and the independent self be regained? Rousseau's first answer is given in Emile, where he seeks to create a self-sufficient individual, neither materially nor psychologically enslaved to others. His second answer comes in the Social Contract, where he seeks to create a citizen who identifies totally with his community, so that he experiences his dependence on it only as a dependence on himself. Implicitly recognizing the failure of these solutions, his third answer is one of the main themes of the Confessions and Reveries, where he creates himself as the man made for a kind of love that merges with another's into a self-sufficient unity. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Social contract Liberty | |||||||||
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| Call number | JC179.R88.G38 2006 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0521809762 9780521809764 | |||||||||
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