Rousseau and the paradox of alienation /:

In the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sally Howard Campbell finds the bridge between the now-dominant psycho-social conception of alienation and the legal-political conception that prevailed prior to Rousseau. She discusses Rousseau's transformation of the concept of alienation and how it l...

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1. Verfasser: Campbell, Sally Howard, 1963-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2012]
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Zusammenfassung:In the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sally Howard Campbell finds the bridge between the now-dominant psycho-social conception of alienation and the legal-political conception that prevailed prior to Rousseau. She discusses Rousseau's transformation of the concept of alienation and how it laid much of the groundwork for Marx's later, more explicit discussions of man's alienation. Using <span style="font-style:italic;">Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality , Campbell shows how Rousseau depicts the development of man's awareness of himself as a conscious and moral being, illustrating man's journey from a natural state of self-sufficiency to one of dependence and alienation. Paradoxically, she describes Rousseau's belief that a state of wholeness can only be achieved through a man's total alienation of himself to the community, free from the alienating effects of civil society. She concludes that, like Marx, Rousseau believed that alienation can only be transcended through the merging of the individual and the community. <br />
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 89 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83) and index.
ISBN:9780739166345
0739166344
0739166328
1283618133
9781283618137
9780739166321
9786613930583
661393058X