The General Will Before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic - Brossura

Riley, Patrick

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ISBN 10: 0691022925 ISBN 13: 9780691022925

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1988

Riassunto

Patrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the "general will" was important to Rousseau himself. He uses the language of divinity bequeathed to him by Pascal, Malebranche, Fenelon, and others to dignify, to elevate, and to "save" politics.

Originally published in 1986.

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"This is a remarkable book--a learned, lucid, and original study of the gradual transformation of a concept that derives much of its force from its until now forgotten origins. No one has ever told this story before."--Judith N. Shklar, Harvard University

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691022925
• ISBN 13: 9780691022925
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296
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