Rousseau and revolution : a history of civilization in France, England,and Germany from 1956 and in the remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789 - Will; Durant, Ariel (New York : Simon and Schuster, 1967)
Why Rousseau mistrusts revolutions : Rousseau's paradoxical conservatism / Blaise Bachofen -- The general will and national consciousness : radical requirements of democratic legitimacy in the writing of Rousseau and Fanon / Jane Anna Gordon -- Rousseau and the Terror : a reassessment / Julian Bourg -- Arbitrariness and freedom : Hegel on Rousseau and revolution / Angelica Nuzzo -- Reverse revolution : the paradox of Rousseau's authorship / Fayal Falaky -- The general will between conservation and revolution / Holger Ross Lauritsen -- Rousseau and revolution in the making of a modern political culture : Denmark 1750-1850 / Bertel Nygaard -- Creation, destruction and continuity of order / Christiane Mossin -- Rousseau and the revolutions of the earth : remarks on a natural metaphor / Antoine Hatzenberger -- The revolutionary return of the orator : public space and the spoken word in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / Masano Yamashita -- Rousseau, the revolution and the Republic / James Swenson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778 -- Political and social views; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778 -- Criticism and interpretation; Revolutions -- Philosophy; Political science -- Philosophy; Democracy -- Philosophy