Rousseau: The Sentiment of Existence

by David P. Gauthier

Book Overview

Rousseau is often portrayed as an educational and social reformer whose aim was to increase individual freedom. In this volume David Gauthier examines Rousseau's evolving notion of freedom, where he focuses on a single quest: can freedom and the independent self be regained? Rousseau's first answer is given in Emile, where he seeks to create a self-sufficient individual, neither materially nor psychologically enslaved to others. His second is in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521007593
• ISBN13: 9780521007597
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"