The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Subtitle: the impossibility of reason
By: Mads H. Qvortrup.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century
Description: This title presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of 'The Social Contract' was a constitutionalist closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.