{"product_id":"the-general-will-before-rousseau-9780691606415","title":"The General Will before Rousseau","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly\" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the \"general will\" was impo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A most important contribution to the study of Enlightenment political and social ideas, accessible to public library patrons as well as academic readers. The author presents a very convincing claim that the doctrine of the general will emerged as a theological idea, predating by over a century Rousseau's famous political application in the Social Contract. There is a very impressive marshaling of literary evidence, moderated by a clear facility with the argumentative and writing styles of the major participants.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiv*One. The General Will Established: From Paul and Augustine to Pascal and Malebranche, pg. 1*Two. The General Will under Attack: The Criticisms of Bossuet, Fenelon, and Bayle, pg. 64*Three. The Departure from General Will: Malebranche on Moral Relations, Order, and Occasionalism, pg. 99*Four. The General Will Socialized: The Contribution of Montesquieu, pg. 138*Five. The General Will Completed: Rousseau and the Volonte Generale of the Citizen, pg. 181*Six. A Brief Conclusion, pg. 251*Index, pg. 261","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403946074455,"sku":"9780691606415","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-general-will-before-rousseau-9780691606415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}