the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is profoundly contemporary
- Written by: Chris Fleming, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1753).Public domainBy any reckoning, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is one of the most influential Western philosophers in history. No account of the modern era – not just modern thought – could ignore him. Few courses in political or social theory would think to omit him.
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