Description: The role of women and family as central to Rousseau's concept of the modern, enlightened state.
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"Fermon makes a unique contribution to Rousseau scholarship and to feminist discourse. By taking the reader beyond the traditional dichotomies of public life and private life, men and citizens, nature and convention, Fermon reaffirms the unity, complexity, and historical relevance of Rousseau's political vision."--Grace G. Roosevelt, NYU
""Fermon makes a unique contribution to Rousseau scholarship and to feminist discourse. By taking the reader beyond the traditional dichotomies of public life and private life, men and citizens, nature and convention, Fermon reaffirms the unity, complexity, and historical relevance of Rousseau's political vision.""--Grace G. Roosevelt, NYU