The Virtue of the Citizen

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Republicanism in the Eighteenth-Century French Context

Merja Kylmäkoski (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

2001
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-37943-1 (ISBN)

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The author examines Jean-Jacques Rousseau's political thought from the angle of classical republicanism. To offer an account of Rousseau's republicanism she explores his idea of the citizen and civic virtues. In addition, eighteenth-century conceptions of luxury and Rousseau's ideas of the patriot and liberty are discussed. Rousseau's republicanism is here considered to stem from his Genevan legacy and his ideas are seen as a critical response to the contemporary ascendancy of the Mandevillean idea of man, which emphasized the values and virtues attached to commerce.

The Author: Merja Kylmäkoski is currently working as a researcher at the Research Institute for Social Sciences in the University of Tampere, Finland.

lt;i>Contents: Jean-Jacques Rousseau - French dictionaries - Republic - Citizen - Virtue - Geneva - Luxury - Patriot - Liberty.

"... a work that sheds new light on Rousseau's concept of the citizen, on the illuminating debates on virtue, and skillfully repositions the former 'Citoyen de Genève' in the classical republican tradition." (Alexis Keller, Finnish Yearbook of Political Thought)

«... a work that sheds new light on Rousseau’s concept of the citizen, on the illuminating debates on virtue, and skillfully repositions the former ‘Citoyen de Genève’ in the classical republican tradition.» (Alexis Keller, Finnish Yearbook of Political Thought)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.8.2001
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Studien zur Ideen- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte / European Studies in the History of Science and Ideas ; 10
Verlagsort	Frankfurt a.M.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Bürgertum • Century • Citizen • ConText • eighteenth • French • HC/Politikwissenschaft/Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft • Jacques • Jahrhundert, 18. /Geistes- und Kulturleben • Jean • Juha • Kylmäkoski • Manninen • Merja • Republicanism • Republikanismus • Rousseau, Jean J. • rousseau’s • Rousseau's • virtue
ISBN-10	3-631-37943-9 / 3631379439
ISBN-13	978-3-631-37943-1 / 9783631379431
Zustand	Neuware