Public vision, private lives : Rousseau, religion, and 21st-century democracy /

Cladis, Mark Sydney,

Public vision, private lives : Rousseau, religion, and 21st-century democracy / Mark S. Cladis. - xvii, 298 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.

Preparing for the Journey: An Introduction -- From the Garden to the City: The Tragic Passage -- Nature's Garden -- Revisiting the Garden's Solitaires -- From the Garden to the Blessed Country: The Precarious Passage -- The Rush to Slavery -- The City: Life in the Ousted Condition -- Overcoming Moral Evil: Rousseau at the Crossroads -- Paths to Redemption -- Reforming the City: The Extreme Public Path -- Evading the City: The Private Path -- The Mountain Village: The Path to Family, Work, Community, and Love -- Reconciling Citizen and Solitaire: Religious Dimensions of the Middle Way -- Residual Conflict: Democracy and Ineluctable Friction -- Conclusion: A Way Forward: Rousseau and 21st-Century Democracy. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

0195125541 9780195125542

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Contributions in political science.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Religion.


Democracy.
Privacy.
Public interest

JC179.R9 / C53 2003

321.8

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