Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

by Lynda Lange

Book Overview

A progenitor of modern egalitarianism, communitarianism, and participatory democracy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a philosopher whose deep concern with the relationship between the domains of private domestic and public political life has made him especially interesting to feminist theorists, but also has made him very controversial. The essays in this volume, representing a wide range of feminist interpretations of Rousseau, explore the many tensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271022019
• ISBN13: 9780271022017
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"