The Autocritique of Enlightenment: Rousseau and the Philosophes [Paperback]

Introduction to the Transaction Edition: Revisiting
The Autocritique of Enlightenment: Rousseau and the Philosophes

Preface

Cast of Supporting Characters

Author's Note on Works Referenced

Introduction: Rousseau and the Philosophes

1 The Virtue of Selfishness
The Misanthrope Silenced
Self-Love Vindicated
Both Interest and Virtue
Citizens and Believers
Utility for Citizens and Children
The Misanthrope Avenged

2 Philosophical History
Cultural versus Political History
Cultural as Political History
Conjectural History
Conjectural History Radicalized
The World We Have Lost

3 From Criticism to Self-Criticism
Into the World
The Stoic in Spite of Himself
The Self-Doubt of a Philosophe
The Father Despoils the Philosophe
Birth of a Republican

4 Three Enemies in One Person
The Hidden Republic
Burning the Vanities
From Politics to the Family
Haven in a Heartless World

5 Generation, Degeneration, Regeneration
Analysis and Genesis
Natural (and Unnatural) History
System and Antisystem
Matter and Antimatter
The Ideal Materialist

6 Judging Jean-Jacques
Dialogue or Two Monologues?
High Muckraking
The Paradox of Acting
Rousseau Judges Jean-Jacques

Conclusion: Posterity Gained and Lost

Index