{"product_id":"the-essential-writings-of-rousseau-paperback","title":"The Essential Writings of Rousseau - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewly translated by Peter Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Writings of Rousseau\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world's most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement's most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant more than two hundred years after his death. Rousseau's 1762 treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e laid intellectual groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions, influencing such figures as Thomas Jefferson. An eloquent writer with profound insight into human psychology, Rousseau also penned one of the most compelling autobiographies ever written--the magisterial \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e. The entirety of the first three books of that masterpiece along with the complete \u003ci\u003eSocial Contract\u003c\/i\u003e are included in this indispensable volume.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include Gogol's \u003ci\u003eTaras Bulba, \u003c\/i\u003e Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide, \u003c\/i\u003e Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince, \u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eThe Cossacks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e is Ernest Bernbaum Research Professor of Literature at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eTocqueville's Discovery of America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award in nonfiction.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.44 x 4.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44292190535782,"sku":"9780812980387","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ODZBTmZEeVIyQnVvTWo1Z2VWaXQvZz09.webp?v=1766904927","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-essential-writings-of-rousseau-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}