Tag: International Relations

Commentary

  • Rousseau on War and Peace by Stanley Hoffman

    - Stanley Hoffman, “Rousseau on war and peace,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 57, No. 2, (1963), pp. 317-33.
    Excerpt: For many reasons Rousseau’s writings on international relations should interest students both of Rousseau and of world politics. The former have been celebrating the 200th anniversary of Emile and Of The Social Contract. Those works, and the… More
  • Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Age

    - Grace Roosevelt, Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Age (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990).
    From the publisher: For more than two centuries, the political writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau have helped shape many different responses to historical experience. While today’s readers are aware of Rousseau’s contemporary significance, his… More