书名：Discourse on the Origin of Inequality牛津世界经典系列论人类不平等的起源
作者：Jean-Jacques Rousseau卢梭
出版社名称：Oxford University Press
出版时间：2010
语种：英语
ISBN：9780199555420
商品尺寸：12.9 x 19.5 x 0.8cm
包装：平装
页数：176（以实物为准）

In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? We cannot return to a simpler time, but measuring the costs of

progress may help us to imagine alternatives to the corruption and oppressive conformity of modern society.

Rousseau's sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Englightment, and it is one of the most provocative and influential works of the eighteenth century. This new translation includes all Rousseau's own notes, and Patrick Coleman's introduction builds on recent key scholarship, considering particularly the relationship between political and aesthetic thought.

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