A fierce opponent of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joseph de Maistre was a widely read critic of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Against Rousseau provides the English-speaking reader with a rare first-hand view of the intellectual world of the early counter-revolution.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 320.1/5
- General Note
- Critical translations of De l'état de nature and De la souveraineté du peuple Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773514155 9780773566040
- LCCN
- PQ2053.A3
- LCCN Item number
- M3513 1996eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxxviii, 204 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200080 (CaBNVSL)slc00200080 0773514155 (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)180704374 (CaOOCEL)400802
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Introduction 10
- Critical Bibliography 32
- A Note on the Text 38
- Abbreviations 40
- On the State of Nature 42
- 1 Man Is Sociable in His Essence 44
- 2 Man Born Evil in a Part of His Essence 75
- On the Sovereignty of the People 82
- BOOK ONE: ON THE ORIGINS OF SOVEREIGNTY 84
- 1 On the Sovereignty of the People 86
- 2 The Origin of Society 89
- 3 Of Sovereignty in General 94
- 4 Of Particular Sovereignties and Nations 96
- 5 Examination of Some of Rousseau's Ideas on the Legislator 101
- 6 Continuation of the Same Subject 104
- 7 Of Founders and the Political Constitution of Nations 107
- 8 The Weakness of Human Power 116
- 9 Continuation of the Same Subject 124
- 10 Of the National Soul 128
- 11 Application of the Preceding Principles to a Particular Case 131
- 12 Continuation of the Same Subject 143
- 13 Necessary Elucidation 150
- BOOK TWO: ON THE NATURE OF SOVEREIGNTY 154
- 1 On the Nature of Sovereignty in General 156
- 2 Of Monarchy 160
- 3 Of Aristocracy 176
- 4 Of Democracy 183
- 5 Of the Best Kind of Sovereignty 197
- 6 Continuation of the Same Subject 200
- 7 Summary of Rousseau's Judgements on Different Forms of Governments 214
- Index 236
- A 236
- B 236
- C 237
- D 238
- E 238
- F 239
- G 239
- H 239
- I 240
- J 240
- K 240
- L 240
- M 241
- N 242
- O 242
- P 242
- Q 243
- R 243
- S 244
- T 245
- U 245
- V 245
- W 245
- X 245
- Y 245
- Z 245
