Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jonathan Marks - ISBN: 9780521850698
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In this book, Jonathan Marks offers an interpretation of the philosopher’s thought and its place in the contemporary debate between liberals and communitarians. At the foundation of Rousseau’s thought he finds a natural teleology that takes account of and seeks to harmonize conflicting ends.

Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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  • Hardcover

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 2005

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Summary

In Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jonathan Marks offers a new interpretation of the philosopher’s thought and its place in the contemporary debate between liberals and communitarians. Against prevailing views, he argues that Rousseau’s thought revolves around the natural perfection of a naturally disharmonious being. At the foundation of Rousseau’s thought he finds a natural teleology that takes account of and seeks to harmonize conflicting ends. The Rousse…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521850698
ISBN-10:052185069X
Author:Jonathan Marks
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:6 October 2005
Weight:470g
Dimensions:238mm x 161mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

“This assessment is thorough and exceptionally fair-minded in its discussion of other interpreters of Rousseau. Marks recovers an analysis of liberalism’s problems that is more radical and yet more balanced than modern communitarian approaches.” - James H. Nichols, Jr. Claremont McKenna College

About The Author

Jonathan Marks

Jonathan Marks teaches at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of “Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History “(1995) and coauthor, with Edward Staski, of “Evolutionary Anthropology “(1992).

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