Rousseau's critique of inequality : reconstructing the second discourse

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Rousseau's critique of inequality : reconstructing the second discourse

Title remainder

reconstructing the second discourse

Statement of responsibility

Frederick Neuhouser

Creator

• Neuhouser, Frederick

Author

• Neuhouser, Frederick

Subject

• Equality
• Natural law
• Natural law
• PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern
• Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes (Rousseau, Jean-Jacques)
• Political science
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
• Social justice
• Social justice
• Political science
• Equality

Language

eng

Summary

"Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Mankind, published in 1755, is a vastly influential study of the foundations of human society, including the economic inequalities it tends to create. To date, however, there has been little philosophical analysis of the Discourse in the literature. In this book, Frederick Neuhouser offers a rich and incisive philosophical examination of the work. He clarifies Rousseau's arguments as to why social inequalities are so prevalent in human society and why they pose fundamental dangers to human well-being, including unhappiness, loss of freedom, immorality, conflict, and alienation"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

320.01/1

Index

index present

LC call number

JC179.R9

LC item number

N48 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography