Liberty in Jean-Jacques Rousseau: between the Ancient and the Modern

Iwona Barwicka-Tylek; Dorota  Pietrzyk-Reeves

Liberty in Jean-Jacques Rousseau: between the Ancient and the Modern

Data publikacji: 14.07.2017

Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, Special Issues, Zeszyt specjalny, wersja anglojęzyczna 2017, s. 39 - 61

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.16.034.6972

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Liberty in Jean-Jacques Rousseau: between the Ancient and the Modern

Abstrakt

Rousseau’s philosophy can be situated as a continuum between the ancient and the modern traditions; we argue that it does not fully belong to either and this is particularly evident in his discussion of liberty. Our point of departure is a view that in order to grasp peculiarity of Rousseaus’ understanding of liberty we need to go beyond the liberal tradition and its scheme of thinking about freedom as well as beyond the intuitive understanding of liberty. The second part of the article presents an analysis of the four different meanings of liberty that we find in Rousseau’s theory: natural, social, moral and civil. The most important for political philosophy is his discussion of the shift from the natural to social and civil liberty and the insistence that true freedom cannot be totally separated from morality. Finally, we discuss some of the contemporary interpretations of Rousseau’s political thought which often emphasize one of the different meanings of liberty that we find in his writings.

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J.-J. Rousseau, liberty, republicanism, neorepublicanism

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