Rousseau's constitutionalism : austerity and republican freedom / Eoin Daly.
2017
K457.R6 D35 2017 (Mapit)
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Rousseau's constitutionalism : austerity and republican freedom / Eoin Daly.
Imprint
Oxford, UK ; London, UK : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.
Description
viii, 177 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : Rousseau's austerity and Rousseau's Constitutions
The constitution of freedom
The constitution of Autarky
The constitution of symbol and ritual
The constitution of deliberation
The constitution of judgment.
The constitution of freedom
The constitution of Autarky
The constitution of symbol and ritual
The constitution of deliberation
The constitution of judgment.
Summary
Despite Rousseau's legacy to political thought, his contribution as a constitutional theorist is underexplored. Drawing on his constitutional designs for Corsica and Poland, this book argues that Rousseau's constitutionalism is defined chiefly by its socially directive character. His constitutional projects are not aimed, primarily, at coordinating and containing state power in the familiar liberal-democratic sense. Instead, they are aimed at fostering the social conditions in which a fuller sense of freedom-understood broadly as non-domination-can be realized across all social domains. And, in turn, since Rousseau views domination as being deeply embedded in complex social practices, his constitutionalism is aimed at fostering a radical austerity-social, economic and cultural-as its foil. In locating Rousseau's constitutional projects within his social and political theory of servitude and domination, this book will challenge the predominant focus and orientation of contemporary republican theory. Leading republican thinkers have drawn on the historical republican canon to articulate a model of constitutionalism which is, on the whole, 'liberal' in focus and orientation. This book will argue for the more communitarian orientation of Rousseau's constitutionalism. Its socially-directive focus stems from a sophisticated and compelling account of the sources of unfreedom in complex societies, sources which are ignored or downplayed by the neo-republican literature. Rousseau embraces communitarian social politics as part of his constitutional project precisely because, pessimistically, he views domination as being deeply embedded in the social relations of the liberal order. -- Provided by Publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index.
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Online version: Daly, Eoin, author. Rousseau's constitutionalism Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017
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K457.R6 D35 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781509903474 hardback alkaline paper
150990347X hardback alkaline paper
9781509903498 (ePDF)
9781509903481 (ePub)
150990347X hardback alkaline paper
9781509903498 (ePDF)
9781509903481 (ePub)
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