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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Peter Constantine , Leo Damrosch , Leo DamroschPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Classics Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.383kg ISBN: 9780099582847ISBN 10: 0099582848 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 05 December 2013 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsNot only a radical thinker but also one of Europe's most popular novelists Guardian The 18th century's crankiest sentimental genius Washington Post Rousseau...is one of those paradoxical geniuses who tend to inspire all-forgiving love or intense dislike Independent Not only a radical thinker but also one of Europe's most popular novelists * Guardian * The 18th century's crankiest sentimental genius * Washington Post * Rousseau...is one of those paradoxical geniuses who tend to inspire all-forgiving love or intense dislike * Independent * Author InformationJean-Jacques Rousseau (Author) Peter Constantine's honors include the PEN Translation Prize, the National Translation Award, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize, and Greece's Translators of Literature Prize. He translated Machiavelli's The Prince for Vintage Classics. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712. He was a writer and political theorist of the Enlightenment. In 1750 he published his first important work 'A Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts' (1750) where he argued that man had become corrupted by society and civilisation. In 1755, he published 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' and in 'The Social Contract' (1762) he argued, ""Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains"". This political treatise earned him exile from his home city of Geneva and arguably inspired the French Revolution (his ashes were transferred to the Pantheon in Paris in 1794). He also wrote ' mile', a treatise on education and 'The New Eloise' (1761). This novel scandalised the French authorities who ordered Rousseau's arrest. In his last 10 years, Rousseau wrote his 'Confessions'. In The Confessions he remembers his adventurous life, his achievements and the persecution he suffered from opponents. His revelations inspired the likes of Proust, Goethe and Tolstoy among others. Rousseau died on 2 July in France in 1778. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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