Rousseau est-il utopiste ?
Is Rousseau a utopian?
Author(s): Pascal BouvierSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Jean-Jacques Rousseau; utopia; natural law; political imagination; positivism
Summary/Abstract: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is often called a utopian. It is true that he develops emotional and imaginary elements such as insularity or the closed economy (Clarens). He admires the Montagnons for their autarky. But is he really a utopian? Is he not rather a worthy successor to the spirit of natural law or even what may have been called primitivism?
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 1/2018
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 145-158
- Page Count: 16
- Language: French
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