Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau: Bienfaisance and Pudeur - Rilegato

Still, Judith

 
9780521415859: Justice and Difference in the Works of Rousseau: Bienfaisance and Pudeur
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0521415853 ISBN 13: 9780521415859
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
1993
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521415853
ISBN 13 
9780521415859
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
280
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Avery
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