Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre (Agora Editions)
This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Molière), the book is...
show more
This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Molière), the book is an excellent introduction to the principles of classical political thought. It demonstrates the paradoxes of Rousseau's though and clearly displays the temperament that led him to repudiate the hopes of the Enlightenment.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780801490712 (0801490715)
Publish date: October 31st 1968
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
Log in with Facebook 
 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Allan Bloom, now listed on BookLikes)