PSCI 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wild Beasts, Amour-Propre, Social Relation
14 Apr 2016
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Christian providence and progress) breaks cycle of degeneration: ***one thing that distinguishes man from nature is the capability of free will (man therefore is changeable/ subject to change, change = perfectibility. Philosophical, admirer of the classical polis liked the community value; that politics was still tied to morality. Tried to invent new ways of looking to the world: divided on what society could be. Outsider kept as a pet of the aristocrats of france before the revolution. Not meant to be serious, except in a way that is critical (romanticizing alternate ways that society could be) Not meant to be a roadmap but a poetic critique. Rousseau from small city-state of geneva: home of the protestant john calvin, strong local self-governing city in both church and state. France/paris in late 18th century; huge inequality: absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege, urban bourgeois and rural peasants on verge of revolution.
