Rousseau and the Spirit of Autonomy: A Pathos of Vigour.
Rousseau's political project consists in ensuring that the citizens of the social contract, in uniting with each other, preserve their ability to self-legislate, or be autonomous. For this to work, however, members of the social contract would need to feel intrinsically linked to the political whole...
| Published in: | International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 68 - 85 |
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Feb2023
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