A Fugitive Book
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5117801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla Hesse (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-49 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2008.104.1.37 |
| OpenAlex | W2029066712 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay describes a virtually unknown French revolutionary edition of Rousseau's Social Contract and reconstructs the trajectory of its appearance, disappearance, and reappearance. The purpose of the essay is to show that formal analysis and narrative are inseparable in the act of interpretation and that neither mode of interpretation can escape the historicity of the object
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social contract · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |