Rousseau's Republican Romance
In Rousseau''s Republican Romance, Elizabeth Wingrove combines political theory and narrative analysis to argue that Rousseau''s stories of sex and sexuality offer important insights into the paradoxes of democratic consent. She suggests that despite Rousseau''s own protestations, "man" and "citizen" are not rival or contradictory ideals. Instead, they are deeply interdependent. Her provocative re...
In Rousseau''s Republican Romance, Elizabeth Wingrove combines political theory and narrative analysis to argue that Rousseau''s stories of sex and sexuality offer important insights into the paradoxes of democratic consent. She suggests that despite Rousseau''s own protestations, "man" and "citizen" are not rival or contradictory ideals. Instead, they are deeply interdependent. Her provocative re...
