The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“John T. Scott is one of the preeminent Rousseau scholars in the world, and he exhibits his expertise here. This new translation is in every particular superb: faithful to the French, albeit not mulishly so; and stylishly readable. Indeed, I think it combines these two qualities better than any other English translation that currently exists. Also, Scott’s introduction provides a compass to navigate Rousseau’s textual waters that will help both beginner and scholar to reach shore.”—Stuart Warner, Roosevelt UniversityJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment. John T. Scott is professor of political science at the University of California, Davis; he has edited or translated several volumes on Rousseau and is coauthor of The Philosopher’s Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding.

出版者:University Of Chicago Press

作者:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

页数:320

译者:John T. Scott

出版时间:2012-11-1

价格:GBP 22.50

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780226921860

图书标签:卢梭哲学启蒙

Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Classicist and romanticist. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been said to be all of these things. Few philosophers have been the subject of as much or as intense debate, yet almost everyone agrees that Rousseau is among the most important and influential thinkers in the history of political philosophy. This new edition of his major political writings, published in the year of the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth, renews attention to the perennial importance of Rousseau’s work.

The book brings together superb new translations by renowned Rousseau scholar John T. Scott of three of Rousseau’s works: the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men, and On the Social Contract. The two discoursesshow Rousseau developing his well-known conception of the natural goodness of man and the problems posed by life in society. With the Social Contract, Rousseau became the first major thinker to argue that democracy is the only legitimate form of political organization. Scott’s extensive introduction enhances our understanding of these foundational writings, providing background information, social and historical context, and guidance for interpreting the works. Throughout, translation and editorial notes clarify ideas and terms that might not be immediately familiar to most readers.

The three works collected in The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau represent an important contribution to eighteenth-century political theory that has exerted an extensive influence on generations of thinkers, beginning with the leaders of the French Revolution and continuing to the present day. The new translations on offer here will be welcomed by a wide readership of both Rousseau scholars and readers with a general interest in political thought.

读后感

在卢梭的社会契约论里，将意志分为三种形式，首先是个人意志，个人意志是社会公民最基本的需求，在马斯洛的人本哲学里，属于生存需要和安全需要的最基本需求。其次是团体意志，团体意志如果放大到整个国家来说，可以定义为党派意志或者说国家管理集团的意志。第三种是公共意志...  

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[前言] 这篇简短的论文，是我以前不自量力从事而后来又久已放弃了的一部长篇著作的撮要。就已经写成的各部分中可供采择的各段而言，本文最为重要，而且自以为还不是不值得贡献于公众之前。其余部分则已不复存在了。 关于“社会契约”的论述尚未开始，卢梭就已“下降”了：读...  

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Human societies as Rousseau portrays them in the Discourse on Inequality are riddled with dependence on men, a dependence that corrupts us and makes us unfree. In the Social Contract, Rousseau finds a form of association where we are insofar as possible dependent only on the laws of our own free choosing: self-legislative sovereignty.

乱入的一本书。“Discourse on the Sciences and Arts” 前半部分基本重复《胠箧》后半部分讨论天才；"不平等的起源“& Marx& Butler&Anarchism&Fromm; ”Social contract“ & war machine

乱入的一本书。“Discourse on the Sciences and Arts” 前半部分基本重复《胠箧》后半部分讨论天才；"不平等的起源“& Marx& Butler&Anarchism&Fromm; ”Social contract“ & war machine

一块四毛钱买的标示品相一般实则近乎全新的二手书...不过译本质量也没那么好

乱入的一本书。“Discourse on the Sciences and Arts” 前半部分基本重复《胠箧》后半部分讨论天才；"不平等的起源“& Marx& Butler&Anarchism&Fromm; ”Social contract“ & war machine