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Rousseau Today

Interdisciplinary Essays

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Editors:
  1. Neal Harris

    1. Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

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  2. Denis Bosseau

    1. Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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  3. Ployjai Pintobtang

    1. Political Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  4. Owen Brown

    1. Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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  • Demonstrates the importance of Rousseau’s work in its own right in modern crises
  • Furthers contemporary dedebates by offering Rousseau as a critical interlocutor
  • Emphasizes intellectual historical significance of Rousseau beyond the circumscribed focus of his "Western" reception

Part of the book series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose (POPHPUPU)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Rousseau ‘Reloaded’

    • Denis Bosseau, Neal Harris, Ployjai Pintobtang
    Pages 1-13

  3. Rereading Rousseau, Reclaiming History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. From Fashioned to Fashioner: Rousseau and the Reclamation of History

      • James Block
      Pages 17-39

  5. Transgression and Resistance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Complex Relations: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Olympe de Gouges on the Sexes

      • Martina Reuter
      Pages 129-149

    3. Toward a Feminist and Queer Ecology in Rousseau

      • Rosanne Kennedy
      Pages 151-170

  6. Sovereignty and Economic Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Sovereignty as Responsibility

      • Matthew Hamilton, Cody Trojan
      Pages 173-190

    3. Rousseau and the Workers’ Co-operative: Property Rights, Firms and the Deliberative General Will

      • Robin Jervis
      Pages 191-218

  7. Rousseau and Intellectual History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Rousseau in Thai Constitutionalism

      • Ployjai Pintobtang
      Pages 221-238

    3. Rousseau in Modern Japan (1868–1889): Nakae Chōmin and the Source of East Asian Democracy

      • Eddy Dufourmont
      Pages 239-259

    4. Conclusion: ‘Forced to be Free’: Developmental Freedom Against Neoliberalism

      • Denis Bosseau, Neal Harris, Ployjai Pintobtang
      Pages 261-266

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 267-270
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About this book

This book demonstrates that Rousseau offers a distinctive critical voice which is worthy of listening to. Rousseau is shown to target not merely social ‘injustices’, but the very dynamics central to the ‘form of life’ itself. As such we are able to contemplate, and engage in, a more foundational form of social critique. We contend that by returning to Rousseau, both as a theorist in his own right, and as an interlocutor with the contemporary literature within radical political and social philosophy, we can see both the circumscribed nature of contemporary discussion, and the true importance of Rousseau’s thought. In summary, Rousseau remains a figure of vital importance across disciplines and it is high time for an edited volume which connects insights centring his thought and impact today.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Neal Harris

  • Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Denis Bosseau, Owen Brown

  • Political Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Ployjai Pintobtang

About the editors

Denis Bosseau is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Owen Brown is an independent scholar based in Oxford, UK.

Neal Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Ployjai Pintobtang is a Lecturer in the department of Government, University of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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