Rousseau’s Implicit Socratism
Utopianism in the Social Contract
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6011852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Beck Holm (0000-0002-0532-4675, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-24 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Utopian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-991X • E-ISSN: 2154-9648 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/utopianstudies.35.1.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4399491661 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Whether or not Rousseau’s Social Contract is a utopian text is a matter of longstanding debate. This article suggests that the answer to this question is not a simple one. Rousseau’s text contains different levels of meaning, and while some of them are utopian, others are not. Specifically, the article focuses on three levels of meaning in the book and concludes that while there is a utopian level in the text, it is not where most interpreters find it, and it is not simply political. Instead, it is a multifaceted utopia pointing at the same time back to Socrates and forward to Kant
Aesthetics · Economics · Political science · Social contract · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
Contrat et histoire.La transformation du contrat social de Rousseau à Kant
Noumenal Alienation
In the Shadow of the General Will
Kant’s Sexual Contract
Rousseau's Socratism
De Rousseau à Rawls. La théorie de la justice comme « utopie réaliste
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sexist
Jean-Jacques Rousseau et l'utopie
Rousseau on the People as Legislative Gatekeepers, Not Framers
Rousseau's Anti-Agenda-Setting Agenda and Contemporary Democratic Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |