Public Vision, Private Lives: Rousseau, Religion, and 21st-century DemocracyListening closely to the religious pitch in Rousseau's voice, Cladis convincingly shows that Rousseau, when attempting to portray the most characteristic aspects of the public and private, reached for a religious vocabulary. Honoring both love of self and love of that which is larger than the self--these twin poles, with all the tension between them--mark Rousseau's work, vision and challenge--the challenge of 21st-century democracy. |
Contents
Natures Garden | 35 |
Revisiting the Gardens Solitaires | 44 |
From the Garden to the Blessed Country The Precarious Passage | 52 |
The Rush to Slavery | 64 |
The City Life in the Ousted Condition | 79 |
Overcoming Moral Evil Rousseau at the Crossroads | 100 |
PATHS TO REDEMPTION | 123 |
Reforming the City The Extreme Public Path | 125 |
The Mountain Village The Path to Family Work Community and Love | 172 |
Reconciling Citizen and Solitaire Religious Dimensions of the Middle Way | 187 |
Residual Conflict Democracy and Ineluctable Friction | 214 |
A Way Forward Rousseau and 21stcentury Democracy | 229 |
Notes | 249 |
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Evading the City The Private Path | 154 |
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