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Rousseau was a prominent political philosopher and educationalist of the 1700s.
I'm going to post some of his work here.
To give you a feel for his angle on things:
"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody."
(JJ Rousseau, "The Discourse on Inequality", 1754)
No.114
Rousseau - The Discourse on Inequality
No.115
Rousseau - The Social Contract
No.116
Rousseau - "Emile" or A Treatise on Education
No.117
>>116(Actually, just some select parts from that work)
No.118
Rousseau - Confessions
No.119
Gundogan - Rousseau and the Theory of the General Will
No.120
Neuhauser - Freedom, Dependence and the General Will
No.122
You can watch a lecture on Rousseau, the "State of Nature" and Education here:
http://oyc.yale.edu/sociology/socy-151/lecture-6 No.247
This is a short paper from the IBE (International Bureau of Education) on JJ Rousseau and Education.
Bumping 'cause Rousseau was a cool guy who doesn't get mentioned enough.
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