This book studies a central but hitherto neglected aspect of Rousseau's political thought: the concept of social order and its implications for the ideal societ

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A systematic account of Rousseau's significance in relation to Kant's, Fichte's and Hegel's views on freedom, dependence and necessity.

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In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an "author" of the Revolution, as so many revolutionaries did, it is necessary to take full measure of the diff