McDonald, Christie creator author Hoffmann, Stanley author text xxu 2010 monographic eng

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312 pages "Debates about freedom, an ideal continually contested, were first set out in their modern version by the eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His ideas and analyses were taken up during the philosophical enlightenment, often invoked during the French Revolution, and still resonate in contemporary discussions of freedom. This volume examines Rousseau's many approaches to the concept of freedom, in the context of his thought on literature, religion, music, theater, women, the body, and the arts. Its expert contributors cross disciplinary frontiers to develop thought-provoking new angles on Rousseau's thought. By taking freedom as the guiding principle of their analysis, the essays form a cohesive account of Rousseau's writings"--Provided by publisher. Christie McDonald, Stanley Hoffmann Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778 -- Criticism and interpretation Freedom -- Philosophy Free will and determinism Liberty -- Philosophy Freedom Philosophy Criticism and interpretation Liberty 848.509 MCD 9780521515825 0521515823 InACL 260927 20260927132436.0 241700 eng