CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO ROUSSEAU AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD 1 i. The Enlightenment Period 1 ii.Rousseau's Life and Work 3 iii. The Structure of This Book 7 CHAPTER 2: PROGRESS AND MODERN SOCIETY 9 i.Introduction 9 ii. The Discourse on the Sciences and Arts 10 First Part 12 Second Part 16 iii. Letter to D'Alembert 21 iv. Julie or the New Heloise 27 v.Conclusion 30 CHAPTER 3: THE STATE OF NATURE AND HUMAN HISTORY 31 i. Introduction 31 ii.The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality 33 Rousseau's Dedication to Geneva and Preface 33 The First Part 42 The Second Part 55 iii. Conclusion 64 CHAPTER 4: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 66 i. Introduction 66 ii.The Emile 67 Book One 67 Book Two 73 Book Three 77 Book Four 80 Book Five 97 iii. Emile and Sophy 103 iv. Conclusion 104 CHAPTER 5: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 105 i. Introduction 105 ii.The Discourse on Political Economy 106 iii. The Social Contract 119 Book One 119 Book Two 123 Book Three 127 Book Four 131 iv. Conclusion 135 CHAPTER 6: ROUSSEAU'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORKS 137 i. Introduction 137 ii.The Confessions 138 iii. Dialogues: Rousseau, Judge of Jean-Jacques 145 iv. Reveries of the Solitary Walker 151 v. Conclusion 155 NOTES 157 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 163 i. Works of Rousseau Cited in this Book 163 ii.Other Works by Rousseau 164 iii. Secondary Literature on Rousseau 165 Index 169