Freedom and Nature in Rousseau's Political Philosophy: Rousseau's "Critique de l'Esprit des Lois" and "Emile"

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Terence E. Marshall
Universite de Paris X (Paris 75020 France)

Preparation for publication, first in French and eventually in English, of Rousseau's unpublished manuscript "Critique de l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu" and a book length commentary in English on Rousseau's "Emile," the first such commentary in English and only the second in any language. Having began this project upon finding the Rousseau manuscript in 1990, the aim is to complete at least half of the project by the Rousseau tricentennial in 2012.

Media Coverage

"L'Emile" et l'Origine de la Philosophie Critique (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Terence Marshall
Publication: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Vidéo - Canal-U
Date: 5/12/2012
Abstract: Televised lecture at Colloquium on "Rousseau et la science de l'homme" - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Vidéo - Canal-U https://www.canal-u.tv/.../2_rousseau_et_la_science_de_l_homme.12625 Terence Marshall, Université Paris Ouest : “L'Emile et l'Origine de la Philosophie Critique”. My presentation begins at roughly thirty five minutes into this televised session, and lasts about thirty-five minutes.
URL: hhttps://www.canal-u.tv/.../2_rousseau_et_la_science_de_l_homme.12625ttp://

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"Epistemology and Political Perception in the Case of Rousseau" (Book Section)
Title: "Epistemology and Political Perception in the Case of Rousseau"
Author: Terence Marshall
Editor: Eve Grace, Christopher Kelly
Abstract: The present essay is the first extensive study of Rousseau's theory of knowledge. While Rousseau never published a work on epistemology, his intended reply to Helvétius' "De l'Esprit", inspired by Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding", appears diversely throughout his works, and most notably in his work on education, "Emile". In this fundamental work, so signficant for Kant and the origins of Continental Philosophy, one finds the epistemological grounds of Rousseau's movement from science to aesthetics as comprehensively underlying his thought and thereby his constitutional philosophy.
Year: 2013
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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ISBN: 978110701820

"L'Emile de Rousseau: Bewegungsgrund de la Philosophie Critique" (Book Section)
Title: "L'Emile de Rousseau: Bewegungsgrund de la Philosophie Critique"
Author: Terence Marshall
Editor: Claude Habib, Pierre Manent
Abstract: An examination of the origins, in Rousseau's "Emile", of the break with the Enlightenment that leads, via Rousseau's influence on Kant, to Continental political philosophy and the problems therein.
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Book Title: "Penser l'Homme"
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"Human Rights, Practical Reason and Constitutional Government: A Franco-American Dialogue" (Book Section)
Title: "Human Rights, Practical Reason and Constitutional Government: A Franco-American Dialogue"
Author: Terence Marshall
Editor: Steven Frankel, John Ray
Abstract: An examination of the 18h century Franco-American dialogue on the principles of constitutional government, with particular emphasis on the reasonings of James Madison and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, while drawing attention to the reflections of each not only on the constitutional philosophy of the Enlightenment but also on that of the ancient Greeks. The significance of the differences among these authors is emphasized with respect to the fundamental questions of contemporary constitutionalism.
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Book Title: "French Studies: Literature, Culture and Politics"
ISBN: 9782745327642

"Leo Strauss, la Perception Politique et la Philosophie Constitutionnelle" (Book Section)
Title: "Leo Strauss, la Perception Politique et la Philosophie Constitutionnelle"
Author: Terence Marshall
Editor: François Coppens, David Janssens, Yuri Yomtov
Abstract: This essay examines Leo Strauss' inquiries into the problem of political perception and judgment in relation to the contemporary crisis of constitutional politics, both in practice and in the discipline of political science. Strauss' inquiries into this problem lead him to examine earlier confrontations, notably by Rousseau and Nietzsche, with the difficulties in political perception and judgment as they emerge from Enlightenment constitutionalism. Strauss' inquiries into these problems and their attendant crises lead to a re-examination of ancient constitutional philosophy, notably that of Aristotle's "Politics", from which modernity rebelled. The consequence of Strauss' work leads to a renewed undertanding of the tasks of constitution making as undertaken by the American Founders, and in particular Madison and Hamilton, who explored these issues in both ancient and modern political philosophy. While their work in Founding is now so much placed in question, there remains little understanding, even in the discipline of political science, of the fundamental problems that the Founders confronted and that always need exploring in order to grasp the difficulties at issue. A study of Strauss' wide-ranging, in-depth inquiries on political perception and judgment allows an enriching, deliberative return to the roots of these matters.
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Book Title: "Leo Strauss. A Quoi Sert la Philosophie Politique?"
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