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Rousseau and Critical Theory
In Rousseau and Critical Theory, Alessandro Ferrara argues that among the modern philosophers who have shaped the world we inhabit, Rousseau is the one to whom we owe the idea that identity can be a source of normativity (moral and political) and that an identity's potential for playing such a role rests on its capacity for being authentic. This normative idea of authenticity brings unity to Rousseau's reflections on the negative effects of the social order, on the just political order, on education, and more generally, on ethics. It is also shown to contain important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, contemporary views of self-constitution (Korsgaard, Frankfurt and Larmore), and contemporary political philosophy.
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Rousseau and Critical Theory
In Rousseau and Critical Theory, Alessandro Ferrara argues that among the modern philosophers who have shaped the world we inhabit, Rousseau is the one to whom we owe the idea that identity can be a source of normativity (moral and political) and that an identity's potential for playing such a role rests on its capacity for being authentic. This normative idea of authenticity brings unity to Rousseau's reflections on the negative effects of the social order, on the just political order, on education, and more generally, on ethics. It is also shown to contain important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, contemporary views of self-constitution (Korsgaard, Frankfurt and Larmore), and contemporary political philosophy.
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Rousseau and Critical Theory

Rousseau and Critical Theory

by Alessandro Ferrara
Rousseau and Critical Theory

Rousseau and Critical Theory

by Alessandro Ferrara

Overview

In Rousseau and Critical Theory, Alessandro Ferrara argues that among the modern philosophers who have shaped the world we inhabit, Rousseau is the one to whom we owe the idea that identity can be a source of normativity (moral and political) and that an identity's potential for playing such a role rests on its capacity for being authentic. This normative idea of authenticity brings unity to Rousseau's reflections on the negative effects of the social order, on the just political order, on education, and more generally, on ethics. It is also shown to contain important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, contemporary views of self-constitution (Korsgaard, Frankfurt and Larmore), and contemporary political philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789004356375
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/14/2017
Series: Brill Research Perspectives
Pages: 56
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alessandro Ferrara, Ph.D. (1984) UC Berkeley, is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). He has authored several monographs, including The Democratic Horizon. Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism (Cambridge U.P., 2014).
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