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Patriotism and Citizenship in Rousseau

A Dual Theory of Public Willing

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ID6403121
AuthorsFrederick M Barnard
Year1984
Volume46
Issue2
Pages244-265
Publication date1984-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500047744
OpenAlexW2096277376
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

When discussing citizenship Rousseau insists on the primacy of instrumental and discursive reasoning, whereas when discussing patriotism he accords primacy to intrinsic reasons of sentiment. The essay explores the different meanings of the two concepts and points to their inherent tension as well as to the possibility of their coming into conflict. It finds that Rousseau, evidently doubting the adequacy of instrumental reasons as explanations or justifications of political commitment, tends to elevate intrinsic sentiment above discursive rationality. Implicit therefore in Rousseau's position on patriotism and citizenship, the essay concludes, is not merely the potential of a dual theory of political willing and political rationality but also the potential of a threat to rational discourse as a mode of determining and accounting for political action

Action (physics · Citizenship · Dual (grammatical number · Economics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Patriotism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Rationality · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought

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Citations per year0,5
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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