In "Rousseau's Republican Romance," Elizabeth Wingrove combines
political theory and narrative analysis to argue that Rousseau's
stories of sex and sexuality offer important insights into the
paradoxes of democratic consent. She suggests that despite
Rousseau's own protestations, "man" and "citizen" are not rival or
contradictory ideals. Instead, they are deeply interdependent. Her
provocative reconfiguration of republicanism introduces the concept
of consensual nonconsensuality--a condition in which one wills the
circumstances of one's own domination. This apparently paradoxical
possibility appears at the center of Rousseau's republican polity
and his romantic dyad: in both instances, the expression and
satisfaction of desire entail a twin experience of domination and
submission.
Drawing on a wide variety of Rousseau's political and literary
writings, Wingrove shows how consensual nonconsensuality organizes
his representations of desire and identity. She demonstrates the
inseparability of republicanism and accounts of heterosexuality in
an analysis that emphasizes the sentimental and somatic aspects of
citizenship. In Rousseau's texts, a politics of consent coincides
with a performative politics of desire and of emotion. Wingrove
concludes that understanding his strategies of democratic
governance requires attending to his strategies of symbolization.
Further, she suggests that any understanding of political practice
requires attending to bodily practices.
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