Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings: Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, . Contract, The State of War (Hackett Classics)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

ISBN 10: 1603846735 / ISBN 13: 9781603846738

Editore: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2012

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This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of Rousseau's most important political writings, and the addition of Cress' new translation of Rousseau's State of ?War. New footnotes, headnotes, and a chronology by David Wootton provide expert guidance to first-time readers of the texts.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Donald A. Cress is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of ?Wisconsin, Parkside. His translations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Discourse on Method are also published by Hackett.

David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of ?York. His translations of Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings, More's Utopia, and Voltaire's Candide--as well as his Divine Right and Democracy: An Anthology of Political Writings in Stuart England, his edition of Locke: Political Writings, and his Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers--are also available from Hackett.

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Titolo: Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings: ...
Casa editrice: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: seconda edizione