{"product_id":"on-imposture-jean-jacques-rousseau-literary-lies-and-political-fiction-hardback-9780253065292","title":"On Imposture; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Literary Lies, and Political Fiction (Hardback) 9780253065292","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn Imposture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau, Literary Lies, and Political Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSerge Margel (Author), Eva Yampolsky (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253065292\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e88 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.304 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eImposture is an abuse of power. It is the act of lying for one's own benefit, of disguising the truth in order to mislead. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, however, imposture is first and foremost power \u003ci\u003eitself\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eOn Imposture, \u003c\/i\u003eFrench philosopher Serge Margel explores imposture within Rousseau's \u003ci\u003eDiscourses, Confessions,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmile. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Rousseau, taking power, using it, or abusing it are ultimately one and the same act. Once there's power, and someone grants themselves the means, the right, and the authority to force another's beliefs or actions, there is imposture. According to Rousseau, imposture can be found through human history, society, and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a deconstructionist method\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein the classic manner of Derrida, On Imposture explores Rousseau's thought concerning imposture and offers a unique analysis of its implications for politics, civil society, literature, and existentialist thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface: The Staging of an Imposture\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMendacium est fabula\u003c\/i\u003e or\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe Right to Lie by Admission of Innocence: From the Fourth Reverie to the Epigraph of the Confessions\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI. Lying in the Confessions: Between Innocene and Injustice\u003cbr\u003eII. An Innocent Liar, a Truthful Man, and a Confessing Witness\u003cbr\u003eFictions of the Cultural: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Body Politic of Democracy\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI. Nature, Culture, and the Economy of History\u003cbr\u003eII. The Body Politic and the Discourse of Fiction\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525496369432,"sku":"9780253065292","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-imposture-jean-jacques-rousseau-literary-lies-and-political-fiction-hardback-9780253065292","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}