The acclaimed series The Collected Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau concludes with a volume centering on Emile (1762), which Rousseau called his "greatest and best book." Here Rousseau enters into critical engagement with thinkers such as Locke and Plato, giving his most comprehensive account of th[...]

In his pioneering treatise on education the great French philosopher presented concepts that had a significant influence on the development of pedagogy, and yet many of his ideas still sound radical today. Written in reaction to the stultifying system of rote learning and memorisation prevalent thro[...]

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the in[...]

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT is one of three most influential treatises ever written (the others being PLato's REPUBLIC and Marx's DAS KAPITAL) Of the three it is safe to say that only THE SOCIAL CONTRACT is much read in its entirety today, and it continues to exert a direct influence on contemporary politic[...]

English summary: Rousseau's Social Contract seldom treated relations between countries. Although incomplete, his Principles of the Right of War allows for a much more complete understanding of his overall theoretical framework on polities and political bodies. French description: Rousseau a formule [...]

Midt på 1700-tallet, da forfattere og filosofer, særlig i Frankrike, hyllet vitenskapen, fremskrittet og troen på mennesket, oppnådde den ambisiøse Jean-Jacques Rousseau verdensomspennende berømmelse ved å hevde at fremskrittet er fordervende og at det er det menneskelige samkvem i seg selv s[...]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) er en af den moderne politiske tænknings helt store filosoffer. Han formulerede indflydelsesrige tanker om demokrati, lighed, nation, folk og andre af den vestlige verdens kernebegreber. Han var en stridbar og kontroversiel tænker i sin samtid og også i dag deler[...]

Anslaget i ´Samfundskontrakten´ er egentlig negativt, for Rousseau mener, at alt - ALT - siden tidernes morgen er gået ad helvede til: oprindelig var alt sat i frihed: nu er menneskenes børn overalt i lænker. Hvor dum kan man være?! Åbenbart en hel del, for selv ved den fundamentale overgan[...]