Jean-Jacques Rousseau'sDiscourse on the Origin of Inequality (the Second Discourse) is one of the most important works of social philosophy of the Enlightenment. The Discourse is recognized today as a provocative and radically innovative text that anticipated anthropology, Marxist theory, the passionate rhetoric of Romanticism, and more broadly, an entire modern spirit of discontent with civilization. The debate in which Rousseau engaged himself with the Second Discourse was already well established in the mid-eighteenth century: inequality and its relation to natural law.
His answers, however, were anything but familiar, and they retain a remarkable freshness and urgency for the contemporary reader.
| ISBN: | 9781435108776 |
| Publication date: | 20th October 2008 |
| Author: | JeanJacques Rousseau, Patrick Riley |
| Publisher: | BookAnnex an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 175 pages |
| Series: | The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau'sDiscourse on the Origin of Inequality (the Second Discourse) is one of the most important works of social philosophy of the Enlightenment. The Discourse is recognized today as a provocative and radically innovative text that anticipated anthropology, Marxist theory, the passionate rhetoric of Romanticism, and more broadly, an entire modern spirit of discontent with civilization.
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality features in the following genres: Social and political philosophy
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by JeanJacques Rousseau, Patrick Riley and published by BookAnnex an imprint of Little, Brown
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality has 175 pages
Yes it is part of The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading series