Hypocrisy and the Philosophical Intentions of Rousseau: The Jean-Jacques Problem

Matthew D. Mendham

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

Hypocrisy and the Philosophical Intentions of Rousseau

The Jean-Jacques Problem

Matthew D. Mendham

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297805

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Why did Rousseau fail—often so ridiculously or grotesquely—to live up to his own principles? In Hypocrisy and the Philosophical Intentions of Rousseau, Matthew D. Mendham is the first to systematically analyze Rousseau's normative philosophy and self-portrayals in view of the yawning gap between them.

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Matthew D. Mendham has taught at Hillsdale College, Christopher Newport University, Emory University, and the University of Notre Dame.

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"Matthew D. Mendham displays an extraordinary degree of research into relevant primary and secondary texts to explore Rousseau's life in context. This includes sources that are frequently neglected in the secondary literature, such as his untranslated letters. As readers will see, everything in this book has been meticulously documented and researched."—David Lay Williams, DePaul University

"Matthew D. Mendham has given us a genuinely valuable book. It is scholarly in the best sense: deeply familiar with its subject, fair-minded in evaluating competing views, penetrating in analysis, quietly witty at times, and free of jargon. Badly as this study is needed, Mendham is the first to attempt anything like it."—Leo Damrosch, Harvard University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations and Conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. I Could Never Have Been an Unnatural Father: Explaining the Discarded Children (ca. 1746–1778) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2. I Became Another Man: Reforms, Relapses, and the Soul of the Author (ca. 1749–1762) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 3. It’s a Very Peculiar Citizen Who’s a Hermit: The Question of Civic Devotion (ca. 1754–1762) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 4. A Lover of Peace or a Vile Insurgent? Confronting the Genevan Patriciate (ca. 1762–1768) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5. Excursus: The Revenge of Voltaire and the Autobiographical Turn (ca. October 1762– February 1765) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter 6. Only the Vicious Person Lives Alone: Social Duty and the Varieties of Solitude (ca. 1756–1778) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Other: 0
Keywords: Political Science; Philosophy; Public Policy; Literature; Cultural Studies

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Published: March 5, 2021
ISBN: 9780812297805