Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Enlightenment Republic of Letters The Party of Humanity The Virtue of Selfish Sociability 2. Philosophe, Madman, Revolutionary, God: The Many Faces of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduction Rousseau and the Philosophes The Invention of the "Revolutionary" Rousseau Conclusion 3. Unsociable Man: Rousseau's Critique of Enlightenment Social Thought Introduction From Contract to Community Natural Order, Social Disorder Conclusion 4. Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment Republic of Virtue Introduction Extending amour-propre Statecraft as Soulcraft Rousseau's "Manly" Republic Conclusion 5. On the Utility of Religion Introduction The Religious Basis of Morality The Union of Church and State 6. Dare to Be Ignorant! Introduction Messieurs de l'Encyclopedie "A Sweet and Precious Ignorance" The Light Within Conclusion 7. The Worst of All Possible Worlds The Cautious Optimism of the Philosophes Rousseau's Optimism about the Past Rousseau's Pessimism about the Future Conclusion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Graeme Garrard is Lecturer in Political Philosophy and European Thought at Cardiff University.