Recommended translation: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. “Second Discourse.” In Rousseau: The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, 2nd ed., edited and translated by Victor Gourevitch, 111–222. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (First Discourse)
Recommended Translation: ‘First Discourse,’ in Rousseau: The Discourses and other early political writings, ed. and trans. by Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 1-28.
Emile
Recommended translation: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Emile, or On Education. Edited and translated by Allan Bloom. New York: Basic Books, 1979. Originally published in 1762.
Confessions
Recommended translation: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Confessions. In The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes. Vol. 5 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, edited by Christopher Kelly, Roger D. Masters, and Peter Stillman, translated by Christopher Kelly, 1–550. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1995.
The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity by Maurice Cranston
Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Rousseau, Critic of Liberalism by Pierre Manent
Manent, Pierre. “Rousseau, Critic of Liberalism.” In An Intellectual History of Liberalism, translated by Rebecca Balinski, 63–79. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
“Rousseau and the Romantic Project” by Allan Bloom
Bloom, Allan. “Rousseau and the Romantic Project.” In Love and Friendship, 341–368. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
On the Social Contract
Recommended Translation: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. On the Social Contract, with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy. Edited by Roger D. Masters and translated by Judith R. Masters. New York and Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1978.
“Rousseau on War and Peace” by Stanley Hoffman
Hoffmann, Stanley. “Rousseau on War and Peace.” American Political Science Review 57, no. 2 (1963): 317–333.
“On the Intention of Rousseau” by Leo Strauss
Strauss, Leo. “On the Intention of Rousseau.” Social Research 14 (1947): 455–487.