Rousseau and the Problem of Self-Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6402810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Storey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 251-274 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| 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/s0034670509000333 |
| OpenAlex | W2137608212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
From the beginning of his career in theFirst Discourseto its end in theReveries of the Solitary Walker, Rousseau makes clear that the problem of self-knowledge is a central problem—perhapsthecentral problem—that his thought seeks to address. This essay studies Rousseau's thought in the light of that problem. I argue that attention to the problem of self-knowledge is essential to understanding the rank order of Rousseau's five major human types—the citizen, natural man, the bourgeois, Emile, and Jean-Jacques. I further argue that self-knowledge remains stubbornly problematic even for Rousseau's most exemplary figures—the solitary walker of theReveriesand Emile. The persistence of the problem of self-knowledge in Rousseau's thought makes it clear that he was more concerned with presenting a comprehensive depiction of human problems than he was with teaching us how to solve them
Bourgeoisie · Depiction · Epistemology · Natural (archaeology · Order (exchange · Persistence (discontinuity · Political science · Rank (graph theory · Self-knowledge · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |