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Rousseau and the Spirit of Revolt - A Psychological Study (Paperback)
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Rousseau and the Spirit of Revolt - A Psychological Study (Paperback)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential writers of
the eighteenth century, and one of the most controversial. His
writings are full of the paradoxes of his personality his quest for
natural truth and his own self-deceptions, his democratic and his
despotic tendencies, his imperiousness and his submissiveness, his
love of society and his love of solitude. In this study William H.
Blanchard, a practicing psychologist, examines the interplay
between Rousseau's complex personality and his political writings.
Blanchard presents the biographical facts of Rousseau's life and,
with the help of Rousseau's Confessions, interprets them according
to modern psychology. Blanchard believes that almost all of
Rousseau's works have political implications, and he considers such
diverse writings as the Letter to d'Alembert on the Theatre, The
Social Contract, Emile, and Rousseau's correspondence in the light
of his interpretations. One of the major paradoxes of Rousseau's
work is that it has been widely used as ideological support by both
democratic and despotic forces. The name of Rousseau was invoked
throughout the French Revolution by both the early democrats and
the later terrorists. Blanchard explores the similarity between the
rebel and the tyrant in Rousseau, discusses Rousseau's ""urge to
suffer for truth,"" and comments incisively on the dangers of these
tendencies, which he finds present in modern society. The author
has made excellent use of original documents and sources in his
study of Rousseau, and he takes the opportunity to correct various
misinterpretations of Rousseau's relations with his contemporaries,
particularly David Hume.
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