02958nam 2200577 450 99655236440331620230411163055.01-5261-3784-410.7765/9781526137845(CKB)5490000000019757(NjHacI)995490000000019757(DE-B1597)658920(DE-B1597)9781526137845(EXLCZ)99549000000001975720230411d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau the impossibility of reason /Matt QvortrupManchester, England :Manchester University Press,2003.1 online resource (xix, 135 pages)Manchester Political Studies0-7190-6581-X 1-84779-582-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The politics of the soul: the life and times of Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- 2. The disenchantment of the world -- 3. Checks, balances and popular participation: Rousseau as a constitutionalist -- 4. A civic profession of faith: Rousseau's and nationalism -- 5. The last of the ancients the first of the moderns? -- 6. Epilogue: in the beginning was song -- Chronology of Rousseau's life (1712-78) -- Bibliography -- Index.This title presents an overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau - the great theorist of the French Revolution - really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godless materialism and revolutionary change, this book finds parallels between Rousseau and Burke, as well as showing that Rousseau developed the first modern theory of nationalism. The book presents an integrated political analysis of Rousseau's educational, ethical, religious and political writings, and should be of value to students of politics, philosophy and the history of ideas.Political sciencePhilosophyPolitical sciencePhilosophyHistory18th centuryFrench Revolution.Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Locke.Madison.Montesquieu.Social Contract.conservative.constitutionalist.political science.revolutionaries.Political sciencePhilosophy.Political sciencePhilosophyHistory194Qvortrup Matt790710NjHacINjHaclBOOK996552364403316The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau3570684UNISA