Дух институције порекло и теорија институције Жан-Жак Русоа
The Spirit Of The Institution: The Origin And Theory Of The Institution In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Work

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt at constructing a possible Rousseauian theory of the institution, which is based on his various uses of words 'institute' and 'institution', and particularly in light of his never-written work Political Institutions. We examine the main sources of Rousseau's inspiration as well as the texts that might have been crucial in terms of various processes he used in his thinking on the institution. In his texts, Rousseau explores the difference between the social contract (or law) and the institution in the context of certain fragments of Hume and Saint-Just philosophy. The author particularly focuses on two crucial intentions governing Rousseau's theory of a good institution: “what is a good institution?” for Rousseau, and “are force and violence always at its origin?” Institutions can be bad and in opposition to man (“toutes les institutions qui mettent l’homme on contradiction avec lui-même ne valent rien”), which is why Rousseau is trying to reestablish them, thus bringing them closer to human nature. His second intention is to purge or distance 'good institutions' from violence and thus stand against his famous predecessors (Hobbes, Hume, Pascal, etc.). Was this great and controversial theory about the proximity of violence and institutions first systematized in Rousseau’s work, and then pushed aside?

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