The Theatre is the Opium of the People: A Voice of Dissent from Waldow's Reading of Rousseau.
This paper questions Waldow reading of Rousseau's 'Letter to M D'Alembert' [Letter]. It claims that Waldow fails to address the social and political argument that lies behind Rousseau's critique of the theatre and, as a result, her conclusions are misplaced. First, Rousseau does not seek to quench c...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 221 - 232 |
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