The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau the Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

by Joel Schwartz

Book Overview

Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works and such major writings as Emile, Julie, and The Second Discourse, he offers an original and provocative presentation of Rousseau's argument. To read Rousseau, Schwartz believes, is to enter into a profound discourse about the meaning of sexual equality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226742237
• ISBN13: 9780226742236
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"