Rousseau and Revolution (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lauritsen, Holger Ross; Thorup, Mikkel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The political philosophy of the 18^th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.

The book explores Rousseau's own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseau's thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441164131
• Artikelnr.: 38304666

Autorenporträt

Mikkel Thorup is Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His previous publications include An Intellectual History of Terror: War, Violence and the State (Routledge, 2010). Holger Ross Lauritsen is a PhD Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction \ Part I: Democracy and Violence \ 1. Why Rousseau Mistrusts
Revolutions: Rousseau's Paradoxical Conservatism Blaise Bachofen \ 2. The
General Will and National Conscioussness: Radical Requirements of
Democratic Legitimacy in the Writing of Rousseau and Fanon Jane Anna Gordon
\ 3. Rousseau and the Terror: A Reassessment Julian Bourg \ 4.
Arbitrariness and Freedom: Hegel on Rousseau and Revolution Angelica Nuzzo
\ Part II: Philosophy and Political Change \ 5. Reverse Revolution: The
Paradox of Rousseau's Authorship Fayçal Falaky \ 6. The General Will
Between Conservation and Revolution Holger Ross Lauritsen \ 7. Rousseau and
Revolution in the Making of a Modern Political Culture: Denmark 1750-1850
Holger Ross Lauritsen \ Part III: Revolution and History \ 8. Creation,
Destruction and Continuity of Order Christiane Mossin \ 9. Rousseau and the
Revolutions of the Earth: Remarks on a Natural Metaphor Antoine
Hatzenberger \ 10. The Revolutionary Return of the Orator: Public Space and
the Spoken Word in the Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Masano Yamashita \ 11.
Rousseau, the Revolution and the Republic Masano Yamashita \ Index.