{"product_id":"rousseau-and-geneva-from-the-first-discourse-to-the-social-contract-1749-1762-paperback-9780521033954","title":"Rousseau and Geneva; From the First Discourse to The Social Contract, 1749–1762 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521033954","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRousseau and Geneva\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the First Discourse to The Social Contract, 1749–1762\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRousseau and Geneva is a distinguished contribution to the history of political thought.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHelena Rosenblatt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521033954, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.487 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… the first published book in English that integrates Constant's views on religion and his ideas on politics … The great merit of Helena Rosenblatt's erudite andinsightful book is that it sheds fresh light on how Constant achieved his goal and how he remained faithful to it to the very end of his agitated and controversial life.' The Review of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan socio-economic, political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt effectively contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but this adoption obscures his Genevan origin. Dr Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact, a Genevan thinker and illustrates that Rousseau's classical republicanism, his version of natural law theory, his civil religion and his hostility to the arguments of doux commerce theorists are all responses to the political use of such arguments in Geneva. The author also points out that it was this relationship with Geneva that played an integral part in his development into an original political thinker.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on translation\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Rousseau in a Genevan context\u003cbr\u003e 1. The formation of a 'citizen of Geneva'\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rousseau becomes Rousseau, 1751–4: Geneva, doux commerce, and Rousseau from the First to the Second Discourse\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rousseau and natural law: the context\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rousseau and natural law: the Second Discourse\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 'invisible chain': Rousseau and Geneva from the Second Discourse to the Social Contract\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Social Contract\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004623376664,"sku":"9780521033954","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521033954i_9eb6140a-40ea-47ac-bfa6-2fba027a6900.jpg?v=1694965121","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rousseau-and-geneva-from-the-first-discourse-to-the-social-contract-1749-1762-paperback-9780521033954","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}