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Politics and the Arts : Letter to M. d'Alembert on the Theatre
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Allan Bloom
Overview
This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Moli re), the book is an excellent introduction to the principles of classical political thought. It demonstrates the paradoxes of Rousseau's thought and clearly displays the temperament that led him to repudiate the hopes of the Enlightenment.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780801490712
- ISBN-10: 0801490715
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Publish Date: October 1968
- Dimensions: 7.46 x 5.07 x 0.48 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.38 pounds
- Page Count: 196
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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