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 The Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 The Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau ... in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the world of modern civilization. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. The book vividly illustrates the mixture of moods and motives that underlie the writing of autobiography: defiance and vulnerability, self-exploration and denial, passion, puzzlement, and detachment. Above all, Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence. |
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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau(Penguin Classics)
Pages: 608, Edition: New Impression, Paperback, Penguin Classics Last Update 11.11.2009 05:41
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The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Forced to be Free Anyone? (783 words) by a-true-ben - written on 20/10/02 (Very useful, 281 readings)
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one in which men could be governed and yet free. The solution he saw was a form of self-rule. To be free (at least, in society), for Rousseau, was not to be lawless, but to be governed by one?s own laws. His answer therefore was that everyone should have a part in determining these laws ? that is, laws should be dictated by the ?general will?. At first sight, this seems a noble idea, but it runs into problems. The general will is supposedly infallible and always focused on the common good. If laws do follow the general will, then they will always be for the good of the community ? which is fair enough, but the general will still has to be identified. It?s not clear ...
The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Forced to be Free Anyone? (783 words) by a-true-ben - written on 20/10/02 (Very useful, 281 readings)
Rating:
one in which men could be governed and yet free. The solution he saw was a form of self-rule. To be free (at least, in society), for Rousseau, was not to be lawless, but to be governed by one?s own laws. His answer therefore was that everyone should have a part in determining these laws ? that is, laws should be dictated by the ?general will?. At first sight, this seems a noble idea, but it runs into problems. The general will is supposedly infallible and always focused on the common good. If laws do follow the general will, then they will always be for the good of the community ? which is fair enough, but the general will still has to be identified. It?s not clear ...
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