The General Will is Citizenship: Inquiries into French Political Thought by Jaso

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This text advances a republican conception of citizenship, which is described and defended through an analysis of the general will in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, leaders of the French Revolution and Restoration-era liberals.

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In The General Will is Citizenship, Jason Neidleman advances a republican conception of citizenship, which is described and defended through a piercing analysis of the general will in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, leaders of the French Revolution, and Restoration-era liberals. Neidleman explains that the general will is the will members of society have qua citizen, as opposed to the will they have qua private individual. It encapsulates tensions fundamental to egalitarian politics - tensions between individual autonomy and the collective good, between voluntarism and virtue, between popular will and rational will.

Author Biography

Jason Andrew Neidleman is currently a visiting professor of political science at DePaul University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The State of Citizenship in Contemporary Democratic Theory Chapter 2 The General Will: Rousseau's Procedural Argument Chapter 3 Rousseau and the Viability of Democratic Citizenship Chapter 4 The General Will in the French Revolution: Principles of Political Right Chapter 5 The General Will in the French Revolution: Creating Citizens Chapter 6 Limiting Sovereign Power: Benjamin Constant and Nineteenth Century French Liberalism Chapter 7 Tocqueville and the Compatibility of the Particular and the General Chapter 8 Conclusion: Citizenship as the General Will

Review

A remarkably valuable book. * French History *The ambitious scope of this book makes for a satisfying read. * History of Political Thought *The General Will is Citizenship is a splendid study on Rousseauean themes; it is intelligent, careful, and uncommonly well written. All Rousseau scholars are deeply in his debt. -- Patrick Riley, author of The General Will before Rousseau

Long Description

In The General Will is Citizenship, Jason Neidleman advances a republican conception of citizenship, which is described and defended through a piercing analysis of the general will in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, leaders of the French Revolution, and Restoration-era liberals. Neidleman explains that the "general will" is the will members of society have qua citizen, as opposed to the will they have qua private individual. It encapsulates tensions fundamental to egalitarian politics--tensions between individual autonomy and the collective good, between voluntarism and virtue, between popular will and rational will. Essential to the general will is its foundation in a conception of civic virtue, roughly understood as the subordination of private interests to the common good. Rather than appeal to universal reason or natural law, theorists of the general will look to the formation of citizens as the only way to secure justice and legitimacy, they attend to the social and cultural prerequisites to the flourishing of those principles. Consequently, all of the theorists studied in The General Will is Citizenship are concerned with the viability of democratic regimes and principles, as well as with the philosophical justification of those principles themselves. From within the framework of this dual emphasis, Neidleman constructs a picture of citizenship that both engages contemporary democratic theory and illuminates some of the more important changes and continuities in the French political tradition.

Review Quote

The General Will is Citizenship is a splendid study on Rousseauean themes; it is intelligent, careful, and uncommonly well written. All Rousseau scholars are deeply in his debt.

Details ISBN0742507882 Author Jason Andrew Neidleman Pages 208 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-10 0742507882 ISBN-13 9780742507883 Format Hardcover Subtitle Inquiries into French Political Thought Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 320.010944 Illustrations bibliography, index Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Short Title GENERAL WILL IS CITIZENSHIP Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780742507883 UK Release Date 2001-01-28 AU Release Date 2001-01-28 NZ Release Date 2001-01-28 Alternative 9780742507890 Audience General Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-11-28 US Release Date 2000-11-28 We've got this

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