Against Rousseau : On the State of Nature and on the Sovereignty of the People.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Critical Bibliography -- A Note on the Text -- Abbreviations -- On the State of Nature -- 1 Man Is Sociable in His Essence -- 2 Man Born Evil in a Part of His Essence -- On the Sovereignty of the People -- BOOK ONE: ON THE ORIGINS OF SOVEREIGNTY -- 1 On the Sovereignty of the People -- 2 The Origin of Society -- 3 Of Sovereignty in General -- 4 Of Particular Sovereignties and Nations -- 5 Examination of Some of Rousseau's Ideas on the Legislator -- 6 Continuation of the Same Subject -- 7 Of Founders and the Political Constitution of Nations -- 8 The Weakness of Human Power -- 9 Continuation of the Same Subject -- 10 Of the National Soul -- 11 Application of the Preceding Principles to a Particular Case -- 12 Continuation of the Same Subject -- 13 Necessary Elucidation -- BOOK TWO: ON THE NATURE OF SOVEREIGNTY -- 1 On the Nature of Sovereignty in General -- 2 Of Monarchy -- 3 Of Aristocracy -- 4 Of Democracy -- 5 Of the Best Kind of Sovereignty -- 6 Continuation of the Same Subject -- 7 Summary of Rousseau's Judgements on Different Forms of Governments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

A fierce opponent of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joseph de Maistre was a widely read critic of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Against Rousseau provides the English-speaking reader with a rare first-hand view of the intellectual world of the early counter-revolution.

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