Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
251
Language
English
Published
Jan 29, 2001
Publisher
Dartmouth Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1611680999
ISBN-13
9781611680997
Description
Contains the entire First Discourse, contemporary attacks on it, Rousseau's replies to his critics, and his summary of the debate in his preface to Narcissus. A number of these texts have never before been available in English. The First Discourse and Polemics demonstrate the continued relevance of Rousseau's thought. Whereas his critics argue for correction of the excesses and corruptions of knowledge and the sciences as sufficient, Rousseau attacks the social and political effects of the dominant forms of scientific knowledge.
Genres
Contemporary