Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11980
ROUSSEAU AND THE PROBLEM OF BOURGEOIS SOCIETY
In: American political science review, Band 74, Heft 4, S. 1018-1033
ISSN: 0003-0554
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CORRUPTING NATURE OF BOURGEOIS SOCIETY AS CHARGED BY ROUSSEAU. THE CORRUPTION, HE ARGUES, IS DISUNITY OF SOUL, THROUGH WHICH MEN LOSE THE FULLNESS OF EXISTENCE THEY SEEK BY NATURE. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ATTAINMENT OF PSYCHIC AND SOCIAL UNITY THROUGH PATRIOTISM AND VIRTUE IN THE JUST STATE.