The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity

by Maurice Cranston

Book Overview

A monumental achievement, Maurice Cranston's trilogy provides the definitive account of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's turbulent life. Now available in paperback, this final volume completes a masterful biography of one of the most important philosophers of all time. The Solitary Self traces the last tempestuous years of Rousseau's life.

"The Solitary Self is a fitting coda to a magisterial work. Cranston . . . is a compelling stylist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226118657
• ISBN13: 9780226118659
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"