Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopherof education of the Enlightenment and probably the greatest French socialtheorist ... » 

Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopherof education of the Enlightenment and probably the greatest French socialtheorist tout court Rousseau was an important forerunner of the FrenchRevolution though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mereideology. This is the only volume that systematically surveys the full range ofRousseaus activities in politics and education psychology anthropologyreligion music and theater. «