About this title: In his "Discourses" (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalleled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material, but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? We cannot return to a simpler time, but measuring the costs of progress may help us to imagine alternatives to the corruption and oppressive conformity of modern society. Rousseau's sweeping account of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc
Date Published: 1992-11
ISBN-13:9780872201514ISBN:0872201511
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780192829474ISBN:0192829475
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Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
Date Published: 2004
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Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Date Published: 1992
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Publisher: Oxford
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780192829474ISBN:0192829475
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780486434148ISBN:0486434141
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199555420ISBN:0199555427
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (176) in his discourses (1755), rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. if inequality is intolerable-and rousseau shows with unparalleled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independence-then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? we cannot return to a simpler time, but measuring the costs of progress may ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 2004-06-04
ISBN-13:9780486434148ISBN:0486434141
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"You have to wonder how radically different this treatise would have been if Rousseau had had the benefit of Darwinian evolution to guide some of his observations. Nevertheless, you can still find significant antecedents of contemporary thought here."
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