Description
| Product ID: | 9780486434148 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Thrift Editions |
| Title: | Discourse on the Origin of Inequality |
| Authors: | Author: Elizabeth S. Haldane, Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Political science and theory, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A powerful, passionate explanation of the roots of social inequality, Rousseau''s Discourse influenced virtually every major philosopher of the Enlightenment. It remains among the 18th-century''s most provocative and frequently studied works. A strikingly original inquiry into politics and human nature, the Discourse presents a theoretical view of people in a pre-social condition and the ensuing effects of civilization. The author develops a theory of evolution that prefigures Darwinism and encompasses aspects of ethics, sociology, and epistemology. One of the most influential works of the Enlightenment. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-08-28 |
