Zeal without Fanaticism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the Religion of the Citizen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10431908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alyssa Cortes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-224 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670520000170 |
| OpenAlex | W3020274506 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is well known for his love of the ancients. His use of examples from Sparta and republican Rome emphasized what he found lacking in modern times. This article attempts to establish how Rousseau's views on the ancients are related to his religious-political thought, particularly as it relates to his description of citizen religion in the last chapter of the Social Contract . While Rousseau admired many aspects of citizen religion, he rejects it for two reasons: reasons of humanity in the Geneva Manuscript and reasons of self-interest in the Social Contract . This article attempts to understand how the two can be reconciled through the view of citizen religion's contribution to patriotism and fanaticism
Epistemology · Fanaticism · General Will · Humanity · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Social contract · Sociology · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religious studies · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
The Natural Goodness of Man
Rousseau and Geneva
Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion
Christianity and Classical Culture
Men and Citizens
Christianity and Classical Culture
Rousseau's Use of the Jewish Example
Rousseau's Debate with Machiavelli in the Social Contract
On the Intellectual Sources of Laà ̄citÃ(c)
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |