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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136455903321

Autore

Warner John M (John Martin), <1978->

Titolo

Rousseau and the problem of human relations / / John M. Warner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-271-07723-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Interpersonal relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rousseau's theory of human relations -- Social longing and moral perfection -- Pity and human weakness -- Romantic love in Emile -- Romantic love in Julie -- Friendship, virtue, and moral authority -- The ecology of justice -- The sociology of wholeness.

Sommario/riassunto

"Investigates the psychological foundations of human sociability as they are treated in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Argues that Rousseau provides a pessimistic, or tragic, teaching concerning the nature and scope of human connectedness"--Provided by publisher.