The Autocritique of Enlightenment: Rousseau and the Philosophes

By Mark Hulliung

Book Overview

This text provides an analysis of the life and works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an area often overlooked in accounts of 18th-century heritage. Mark Hulliung restores Rousseau to his historical context, the world of the philosophes, and shows how he employed the arsenal of Voltaire, Diderot and others to launch a powerful attack on their vision of the Enlightenment.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674054253
• ISBN13: 9780674054257
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"