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Emile (79 Edition)

by Jean-jacques Rousseau

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Alan Bloom’s new translation of Emile, Rousseau’s masterpiece on the education and training of the young, is the first in more than seventy years. In it, Bloom, whose magnificent translation of Plato’s Republic has been universally hailed as a virtual rediscovery of that timeless text, again brings together the translator’s gift for journeying between two languages and cultures and the philosopher’s perception of the true meaning and significance of the issues being examined in the work. The result is a clear, readable, and highly engrossing text that at the same time offers a wholly new sense of the importance and relevance of Rousseau’s thought to us.In addition to his translation, Bloom provides a brilliant introduction that relates the structure and themes of the book to the vital preoccupation's of our own age, particularly in the field of education, but also more generally to the current concerns about the limits and possibilities of human nature. Thus in this translation Emile long a classic in the history of Western thought and educational theory, becomes something more: a prescription, fresh and dazzling, for the bringing up of autonomous, responsible—that is, truly democratic—human beings.

About the Author

Allan Bloom, formerly a professor of political theory at the University of Toronto, has recently become a professor of The Committee on Social Thought and in The College, University of Chicago.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780465019311
Subtitle:
Or on Education
Other:
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Author:
Wu, Michael
Author:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Author:
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Publisher:
Basic Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Education
Subject:
History - 17th/18th Century
Subject:
Early works to 1800
Subject:
Education -- Early works to 1800.
Subject:
History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century
Subject:
General education.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
no. (NCES)
Publication Date:
June 1979
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
9.34x6.14x1.34 in. 1.58 lbs.

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