Rousseau and Freedom McDonald Hoffmann Hardback Cambridge University Press

Rousseau and Freedom\n\nA 2010 volume of essays by experts in the field, exploring freedom in Rousseau's thought from a variety of standpoints.\n\nChristie McDonald (Edited by), Stanley Hoffmann (Edited by)\n\n9780521515825, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 22 April 2010\n\n328 pages\n23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.6 kg\n\nDebates about freedom, an ideal continually contested, were first set out in their modern version by the eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His ideas and analyses were taken up during the philosophical enlightenment, often invoked during the French Revolution, and still resonate in contemporary discussions of freedom. This volume, first published in 2010, examines Rousseau's many approaches to the concept of freedom, in the context of his thought on literature, religion, music, theater, women, the body, and the arts. Its expert contributors cross disciplinary frontiers to develop thought-provoking new angles on Rousseau's thought. ]