| Contents |
Rousseau's theory of human relations -- Social longing and moral perfection -- Pity and human weakness -- Romantic love in Emile -- Romantic love in Julie -- Friendship, virtue, and moral authority -- The ecology of justice -- The sociology of wholeness. |
| Abstract |
"Investigates the psychological foundations of human sociability as they are treated in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Argues that Rousseau provides a pessimistic, or tragic, teaching concerning the nature and scope of human connectedness"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-237) and index. |
| LCCN | 2015029441 |
| ISBN | 9780271071008 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271071001 (cloth : alk. paper) |
