Commentary

• The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  - Joel Schwartz, The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980).
  From the publisher: Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau’s understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau’s lesser-known literary works and such major writings as… More

• Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics

  - Penny Weiss, Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics (New York: NYU Press, 1993).
  From the publisher: Rousseau’s writings reflect paradoxes and apparent inconsistencies with his principled commitments to freedom and equality. In this engrossing work, Penny Weiss wrestles with issues of gender in the works of Rousseau. Weiss attempts… More

• Rousseau and the Romantic Project by Allan Bloom

  - Allan Bloom, “Rousseau and the Romantic Project” in Love and Friendship. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993).
  From the publisher: The author of The Closing of the American Mind argues that basic human connections–love and friendship–are withering away, asserting that humans’ impoverished feelings are rooted in an impoverished language of love.