{"product_id":"man-or-citizen-9780271065908","title":"Man or Citizen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the role of anger and forgiveness in the autobiographical, literary, and philosophical works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Argues that for Rousseau, anger is an inevitable outcome of social intercourse, and that forgiveness is central to his understanding of subjectivity and hence of moral and political action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This intelligent, original, and thought-provoking study offers a fresh understanding of Rousseau’s moral and political philosophy from the specific angle of forgiveness.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Laurence Mall,University of Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lucid, illuminating contribution to research on the history of modern attitudes towards sentiment and emotion.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jason Neidleman \u003ci\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While Rousseau’s conception of natural pity has been the focus of numerous studies attending to issues in his social and political thought, neither anger nor forgiveness has been explored in any great depth. \u003ci\u003eMan or Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e engages with all the important primary and secondary sources and moves nicely between fiction, autobiography, and social and political texts.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Julia Simon,author of \u003ci\u003eRousseau Among the Moderns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A well-researched and clearly written study, of interest to scholars of Rousseau, political theory, philosophy, and literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eXVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\t\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Political Significance of Forgiveness and Anger in Rousseau’s Thought: The \t\t\u003ci\u003eDialogues \u003c\/i\u003eas a Case Study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. The Magnanimous Pardon: A Force to be Reckoned With\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. The \u003ci\u003ePhilosophes’ \u003c\/i\u003ePlot and the Frenchman’s Anger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The Productive Capacities of the Citizen’s Anger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Frenchman’s Conundrum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Private, Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Rousseauvean Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The \u003ci\u003eConfessions: \u003c\/i\u003eSaint-Lambert and Rousseau’s Miraculous \t\t\t\tReconciliation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Publicized Anger and the Unforgivable: Reconsidering \t\t\t\t\tthe Story of the Foundling Hospital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Forgiveness Among Men and Citizens in \u003ci\u003eJulie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. \u003ci\u003eÉmile and Sophie: \u003c\/i\u003eTo forgive or not forgive? That is the Question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion. Forgiveness Today and Rousseau’s Legacy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400792416599,"sku":"9780271065908","price":56.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/man-or-citizen-9780271065908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}