What Lessons Can Be Learned From Tyrannical Governments
journal article
Polity
Published By: The University of Chicago Press
https://www. jstor .org/stable/3877097
From the public burnings of the Social Contract occurring immediately following its publication, to Isaiah Berlin's condemnation of Rousseau as "the most sinister and most formidable enemy of liberty in the whole history of modern idea," Jean-Jacques Rousseau has rarely held universal favor amongst his commentators. The most mutual charge against him was, and remains, that he provided the essential philosophic tools for the modern tyrant. While this position has numerous and illustrious advocates, I argue that it fails to take into business relationship the whole of Rousseau'southward thought. Specifically, it ignores his extensive attending to the problem of political ability and his attempts to control it with checks and balances. In focusing on Rousseau'southward specific proposals in his Government of Poland, it is axiomatic that the purpose of his organisation is to forbid tyranny, rather than to promote it.
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