Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau

Rousseau'sSocial Contractis a benchmark in political philosophy. It has inspired and influenced moral and political thought since publication and is widely studied for this reason. ThisGuideBooktakes a thematic look at the text, discussing and examining ideas in the context of the time and their implications for future philosophical and political thought. It will be vital reading for anyone coming to the book for the first time.

Christopher Bertram is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Bristol University.

REFERENCE KEY TO CITED ROUSSEAU TEXTS

viii

Introduction

1

(4)

1 Rousseau, the Man

5

(12)

Confessions

6

(1)

Geneva

7

(2)

Adolescence

9

(1)

From Venice to Vincennes

10

(2)

Music

12

(1)

Fiction

13

(1)

Condemnation

14

(1)

In Retrospect

15

(2)

2 Human Nature and Moral Psychology

17

(22)

Basic Ideas

19

(2)

Rousseau's Vocabulary of the Passions

21

(4)

The Problem of Dependence

25

(5)

The Natural Goodness of Humanity

30

(2)

The Role of Artifice

32

(1)

Was Rousseau Right?

33

(3)

The Pseudochronology of the Discourse on Inequality

36

(3)

3 Man is Born Free (Book 1, Chs 1-2)

39

(14)

The Text 39 Men As They Are - Laws As They Could Be

41

(1)

Man is Born Free

42

(3)

The General Society of the Human Race

45

(8)

4 False Theories of the Body Politic (Book 1, Chs 3-5)

53

(19)

Natural Subordination

54

(7)

The Right of the Stronger

61

(2)

Of Slavery

63

(6)

The Need for a First Convention

69

(3)

5 The Social Pact and Property (Book 1, Chs 6-9)

72

(25)

The Social Pact

76

(4)

The 'Remarkable Change in Man'

80

(2)

Freedom

82

(7)

Property

89

(8)

6 Sovereignty and the General Will (Book 2, Chs 1-6)

97

(31)

Earlier Mentions of the General Will

99

(1)

The Inalienability and indivisibility of Sovereignty

99

(3)

The General Will and the 'Will of All'

102

(4)

Voting and the Problem of Faction

106

(3)

A Brief Note on Condorcet's, Jury Theorem

109

(1)

The Limits of Sovereign Power and the Nature of the Law

110

(2)

'Universality of the Will and of the Object'

112

(3)

The Death Penalty

115

(1)

The Law (Further Aspects)

116

(2)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and The Social Contract

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