Rousseau and Hobbes
Subtitle: Nature, Free Will, and the Passions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198724964
Subjects: Rousseau, jean-jacques, 1712-1778; Hobbes, thomas, 1588-1679; Political science, philosophy
Description: Robin Douglass examines the relationship between Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, two of the most important figures in the history of modern political thought. He explores and evaluates the differences between them, and advances an original interpretation of Rousseau's political philosophy.