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The Great Books Book Club
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
Wednesday, September 29, 7:00 pm
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is August's book club selection. The Great Books Book Club focuses on the great books that shaped western civilization and meets monthly.
Professor Lee Brown will outline the connection between the philosophers Montesquieu and Rousseau. If you would like to read/browse Montesquieu (along with Rousseau), try passages from his Spirit of the Laws, especially his 11th book on the construction of constitutions and the principle of separation of powers.
Rousseau famously put forward the theory of the noble savage--that man is born good (which other philosophers disagreed with) but is corrupted by the notions of society like property and commerce. (Thus Indians and other so-called uncivilized savages were idealized) People have to enter into a SOCIAL CONTRACT among themselves, establishing governments and educational systems to correct the inequalities brought about by the rise of civilization.
All are invited to join in the discussions, which are led by Lee Brown, a Fulbright Scholar with Ph.D.'s in political philosophy and geohydrology, and who was a professor at San Diego State University and Grossmont College for 30 years.
Related Links:[Top]
- Rousseau's The Social Contract A short introduction of Rousseau and this work presented by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
- The Social Contract Full text online provided by the University of Adelaide Library .
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Brief overview and book excerpts by Paul Brians, professor of English at Washington State University.
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