Un philosophe au service d'un peuple
Subtitle: Rousseau et son Projet de constitution pour la Corse
By: Pierre-Olivier Maheux
Series: Collection Autour de l'événement; Collection Autour de l'événement
Publisher: Presses de l'Universite Laval
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Québec
Language: fre
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9782763716114; 9782763716121; 9782763716138
Subjects: Political and social views; Constitutional law; History; Enlightenment; Philosophers; Biography
Description: A people in revolution against foreign domination asked a famous philosopher to draft a constitution. This scenario is representative of the Enlightenment in many ways, and in 1765 a draft of the constitution was constructed in Corsica by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Written shortly after the condemnation of his political treatise, Du contrat social, the text allowed him to make legislators and put his theories into reality. Unfinished and unknown, however, the draft constitution marks a turning point in the political thought of Rousseau, which was not unrelated to his falling out with Geneva, his hometown.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-123).