In Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jonathan Marks offers a new intepretation of the philosopher's thought and its place in the contemporary debate between liberals and communitarians. Against prevailing views, he argues that Rousseau's thought revolves around the natural perfection of a naturally disharmonious being. At the foundation of Rousseau's thought he finds a natural teleology that takes account of and seeks to harmonize conflicting ends. The Rousseau who emerges from this interpretation is a radical critic of liberalism who is nontheless more cautious about protecting individual freedom that his milder communitarian successors. Marks elaborates on the challenge that Rousseau poses to liberals and communitarians alike by setting up a dialogue between him and Charles Taylor, one of the most distinquished ethical and political theorists at work today.
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"This assessment is thorough and exceptionally fair-minded in its discussion of other interpreters of Rousseau. Marks recovers an analysis of liberalism's problems that is more radical and yet more balanced than modern communitarian approaches." -
--James H. Nichols, Jr. Claremont McKenna College
--James H. Nichols, Jr. Claremont McKenna College
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In this 2005 book, Jonathan Marks offers a new interpretation of the philosopher's thought and its place in the contemporary debate between liberals and communitarians. At the foundation of Rousseau's thought he finds a natural teleology that takes account of and seeks to harmonize conflicting ends.
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The argument of this book is that Jean-Jacques Rousseau's thought is a reflection on the natural perfection of a naturally disharmonious being. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
human asociality, naturally disharmonious, savage pattern, healthy social relations, middling states, primitive dispositions, independent commerce, unimpeded development, original man, individualistic solution, note xvi, savage nation, modern sophistication, natural perfection, distinction between nature, contemporary defenders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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human asociality, naturally disharmonious, savage pattern, healthy social relations, middling states, primitive dispositions, independent commerce, unimpeded development, original man, individualistic solution, note xvi, savage nation, modern sophistication, natural perfection, distinction between nature, contemporary defenders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Social Contract (Penguin Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on 26 pages
- Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau by John Locke on 26 pages
- Liberalism and the Moral Life by Nancy L. Rosenblum on 5 pages
- The Government of Poland by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on 4 pages
- Constitutional Project for Corsica by Jean Jacques Rousseau on 4 pages
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