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The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works and such major writings as Emile, Julie, and The Second Discourse , he offers an original and provocative presentation of Rousseau's argument. To read Rousseau, Schwartz believes, is to enter into a profound discourse about the meaning of sexual equality and the opportunities, pitfalls, costs, and benefits that sexual ...

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The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1985, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226742243

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