A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. Featuring an... Læs mere
This autobiography includes the record of a sexual and spiritual quest, exploring the deepest recesses of the author's mind while narrating the farcical comedy of errors which was his life. P.N. Furbank is the author of "E.M. Forster: A Life".
A clear, readable, and highly engrossing translation of Rousseau's masterpiece on the education and training of the young.
Offers a translation of the author's most important political writings.
Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever since - seen as both a blue-print for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy.
A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. Featuring an... Læs mere
This new edition features a revision by Donald A. Cress of his bestselling 1987 translation of On the Social Contract t ogether with Introduction, footnotes, and chronology by David Wootton, one of our leading historians of the Enlightenment.
Translated by Peter ConstantineEdited and with an new introduction by Leo Damrosch'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762.
In his pioneering treatise on education, the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau presents concepts that had influence on the development of pedagogy in the eighteenth century.... Læs mere