The general will :: the evolution of a concept /

Although it originated in theological debates, the general will ultimately became one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau made it the central element of his political theory, and it took on a life of its own during the Fr...

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Weitere Verfasser: Farr, James, 1950- (HerausgeberIn), Williams, David Lay, 1969- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Zusammenfassung:Although it originated in theological debates, the general will ultimately became one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau made it the central element of his political theory, and it took on a life of its own during the French Revolution, before being subjected to generations of embrace or opprobrium. James Farr and David Lay Williams have collected for the first time a set of essays that track the evolving history of the general will from its origins to recent times. The General Will: The Evolution of a Concept discusses the general will's theological, political, formal, and substantive dimensions with a careful eye toward the concept's virtues and limitations as understood by its expositors and critics, among them Arnauld, Pascal, Malebranche, Leibniz, Locke, Spinoza, Montesquieu, Kant, Constant, Tocqueville, Adam Smith and John Rawls.--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-476) and index.
ISBN:9781316247891
1316247899
9781107297982
1107297982
9781316249796
1316249794

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