Modernity and Authenticity: A Study of the Social and Ethical Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

By Alessandro Ferrara

This study on the contemporary relevance of Rousseau's ethical and social thought, the "ethic of authenticity," responds to the tensions of modern morality and rivals the answers generated by the more mainstream tradition of the "ethic of autonomy."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791412369
• ISBN13: 9780791412367
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher