Discours Sur l'Origine et les Fondements de l'Inegalite Parmi les Hommes

Name: Discours Sur l'Origine et les Fondements de l'Inegalite Parmi les Hommes
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ISBN: 9780199555420

ISBN-10: 0199555427

ISBN-13: 9780199555420

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franklin Philip, Patrick Coleman

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In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? We cannot return to a simpler time, but measuring the costs of progress may help us toimagine alternatives to the corruption and oppressive conformity of modern society. Rousseau's sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Englightment, and it…

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List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Patrick Coleman is a professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.