Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

ISBN 10: 0192829475 / ISBN 13: 9780192829474

Published by Oxford University Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (The ^AWorld's Classics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192829475
• ISBN 13: 9780192829474
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. His sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Enlightenment, and it is one of the most provocative and influential works of the eighteenth century. This new translation by prize-winning translator Franklin Philip includes all of Rousseau's own notes, and Patrick Coleman's introduction builds on recent key scholarship, considering particularly the relationship between political and aesthetic thought.

About the Author

Franklin Philip is the prize-winning translator of numerous French texts. Patrick Coleman is the author of Rousseau's Political Imagination (1984).