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Lauritsen Holger Ros, Holger Ross Lauritsen, Mikkel Thorup - Rousseau and Revolution, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Rousseau and Revolution

Av Lauritsen Holger Ros, Holger Ross Lauritsen, Mikkel Thorup

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The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.The book explores Rousseau's own conceptions of violence and revolution in contrast to those of other thinkers such as Hegel and Fanon and in connection with his ideas on democracy. Historical analyses also consider Rousseau's thinking in light of the French Revolution in particular and the European revolutions that have followed it. Across the eleven chapters the book also touches on such issues as citizenship, activism, terrorism and the State. In doing so, the book reveals Rousseau to be an important source of insight into contemporary political problems.
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Mikkel Thorup is Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His previous publications include An Intellectual History of Terror: War, Violence and the State (Routledge, 2010).Holger Ross Lauritsen is a PhD Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and the History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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In an age where revolutions are sweeping the Middle East, it seems as good a time as any to reconsider the principles on which revolutions are grounded. This reason alone is sufficient to reconsider Jean-Jacques Rousseau's relationship to the French Revolution and political change. But these essays also invite students of Rousseau to consider his works more generally. While this volume does not answer once and for all the timeless questions raised by his political thought, one at least takes a few steps toward a more sophisticated political philosophy through engaging its essays.

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