The Free Animal: Rousseau on Free Will and Human Nature

Lee MacLean

Published by University of Toronto Press 2013

The Free Animal

Rousseau on Free Will and Human Nature

Lee MacLean

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442663725

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About this book

Featuring careful analyses and an extensive engagement with the secondary literature, The Free Animal offers a novel interpretation of the changing nature and complexity of Rousseau’s intention.

Author / Editor information

MacLean Lee :

Lee MacLean teaches in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.

Reviews

J.Church:
‘The Free Animal is an excellent work not only in its theoretical sophistication, but also in its keen attention to the rhetorical nuances of Rousseau’s careful writing. Highly recommended.’

John T. Scott, Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis:

“In The Free Animal, Lee MacLean tackles a difficult and important subject with significant implications for Rousseau’s moral and political thought: the issue of what, according to him, distinguishes human beings from the other beings. Drawing on a wide range of sources within Rousseau’s broad corpus, MacLean’s analysis is thorough, and her scholarship is impressive.”

Jeremiah Alberg, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, International Christian University:

“The Free Animal provides a careful look at the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s belief in and hope for free will. Lee MacLean, who is well acquainted with both Rousseau’s texts and the secondary literature on his work, demonstrates that Rousseau does take seriously freedom of the will, and that it is necessary to his system – especially for his political psychology.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Interpreting Free Will and Perfectibility in the Discourse on Inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Free Will and Human Development: The Genealogy of Vice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. Free Will in Emile: Interpreting the Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
4. The Quality of Rousseau’s Intention and the Reveries of the Solitary Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: DISCOUNT-B

eBook

Published: October 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781442663725