Public vision, private lives: Rousseau, religion, and 21st-century democracy

This text invites us to reflect on the nature and place of public and private in the work of Rousseau and, more generally in society. It explores the conflicts with which Rousseau wrestled - prerogatives and obligations to self, friends family, civic life, and to humanity

Intro -- Contents -- Preparing for the Journey: An Introduction -- I. From the Garden to the City: The Tragic Passage -- 1. Nature's Garden -- 2. Revisiting the Garden's Solitaires -- 3. From the Garden to the Blessed Country: The Precarious Passage -- 4. The Rush to Slavery -- 5. The City: Life in the Ousted Condition -- 6. Overcoming Moral Evil: Rousseau at the Crossroads -- II. Paths to Redemption -- 7. Reforming the City: The Extreme Public Path -- 8. Evading the City: The Private Path -- 9. The Mountain Village: The Path to Family, Work, Community, and Love -- 10. Reconciling Citizen and Solitaire: Religious Dimensions of the Middle Way -- 11. Residual Conflict: Democracy and Ineluctable Friction -- Conclusion: A Way Forward: Rousseau and 21st-Century Democracy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.