1st Edition

The Autocritique of Enlightenment Rousseau and the Philosophes

320 Pages

by Routledge

320 Pages

by Routledge

319 Pages

by Routledge

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Of all the critiques of the Enlightenment, the most telling may be found in the life and writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This searching, long overlooked auto critique receives its first full treatment by Mark Hulliung. Here he restores Rousseau to his historical context, the world of the philosophes, and shows how he employed the arsenal of Voltaire, Diderot, and others to launch a powerful... Read more

Introduction to the Transaction Edition: Revisiting
The Autocritique of Enlightenment: Rousseau and the Philosophes

Preface

Cast of Supporting Characters

Author's Note on Works Referenced

Introduction: Rousseau and the Philosophes

1 The Virtue of Selfishness
The Misanthrope Silenced
Self-Love Vindicated
Both Interest and Virtue
Citizens and Believers
Utility for Citizens and Children
The Misanthrope Avenged

2 Philosophical History
Cultural versus Political History
Cultural as Political History
Conjectural History
Conjectural History Radicalized
The World We Have Lost

3 From Criticism to Self-Criticism
Into the World
The Stoic in Spite of Himself
The Self-Doubt of a Philosophe
The Father Despoils the Philosophe
Birth of a Republican

4 Three Enemies in One Person
The Hidden Republic
Burning the Vanities
From Politics to the Family
Haven in a Heartless World

5 Generation, Degeneration, Regeneration
Analysis and Genesis
Natural (and Unnatural) History
System and Antisystem
Matter and Antimatter
The Ideal Materialist

6 Judging Jean-Jacques
Dialogue or Two Monologues?
High Muckraking
The Paradox of Acting
Rousseau Judges Jean-Jacques

Conclusion: Posterity Gained and Lost

Index