Justice and Difference in Rousseau: Bienfaisance and Pudeur - Brossura

Still, Judith

 
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Sinossi

In this 1993 book, Dr Still draws on literary theory to examine Rousseau's ideas about the individual and human relationships.

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Descrizione del libro

According to Rousseau, the best relationship between unequals is one of 'benificence'. Drawing on literary theory in this 1993 book, Judith Still explores the problems implicit in such a belief.

Contenuti

Acknowledgements; A preliminary note on vocabulary and conventions; Introduction; 1. The problem: the intersection of beneficence and pudicity; 2. The code of beneficence; 3. The practice of beneficence and model benefactors in the major works; 4. The passion of pity in Rousseau's theory of man; 5. Gyges' ring: A reading of Rousseau's 6e Promenade; 6. Pudicity in some of Rousseau's minor writings: its relationship to beneficence; Conclusion; Appendix. Generosity and pudicity in Gyges und sein Ring and Le Roi Candaule; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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