SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Bourgeoisie, Jury Trial, 1812 Overture
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French enlightenement, french revolution, and sociological implications (hope, sympathy for the oppressed, faith) Ii jean jacques rousseau (1712-1778) briefly; more next semester in relation to marx. Iii jean antoine nicolas caritat (marquis) de condorcet (1743-1794) Iv french revolution overview and sociological implications (1787-1799) Ii jean jacques rousseau (1712-1778) - french philosopher and critical theorist: feeling rather than reason- eg: women should marry someone they love not someone they"re assigned to. Feeling is just as important as reason and that we need to embrace our feelings. He felt the current way of life we not true to our value (man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains), does not fight for education for girls, he said to develop a child without destroying his. Natural state : discourse on the arts and sciences (1750, discourse in inequality (1755, the social contract (1762)- the beginning of self awareness. Emotion and imagination were central to his ideas.