Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle
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*Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle* is a seminal critical study by Jean Starobinski that analyzes Rousseau’s thought through the intertwined themes of transparency, authenticity, and the barriers that thwart them.
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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle Context triple: [Jean Starobinski, notableWork, Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle]
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De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes is a seminal political essay by Benjamin Constant that contrasts ancient collective political liberty with modern individual civil liberty, shaping liberal thought in the 19th century and beyond.
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B.
Charter of the Social Contract
The Charter of the Social Contract is the foundational constitutional document of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, outlining its system of democratic self-governance, pluralism, and gender equality.
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The Social Contract
The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
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D.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
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E.
Essais de philosophie
Essais de philosophie is a philosophical work by René Descartes that collects several of his treatises, including the one on meteors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle Target entity description: *Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l’obstacle* is a seminal critical study by Jean Starobinski that analyzes Rousseau’s thought through the intertwined themes of transparency, authenticity, and the barriers that thwart them.
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Rousseau and Revolution
Rousseau and Revolution is a historical volume by Will and Ariel Durant that examines the life and ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the broader intellectual and political currents leading up to the French Revolution.
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B.
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes is a seminal political essay by Benjamin Constant that contrasts ancient collective political liberty with modern individual civil liberty, shaping liberal thought in the 19th century and beyond.
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C.
Charter of the Social Contract
The Charter of the Social Contract is the foundational constitutional document of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, outlining its system of democratic self-governance, pluralism, and gender equality.
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D.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
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E.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary criticism book
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monograph ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative literature
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philosophy of literature ⓘ |
| analyzesGenre | autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| analyzesWork |
Julie, ou la Nouvelle Héloïse
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linked to:
Julie, or the New Heloise
Les Confessions ⓘ Rêveries du promeneur solitaire ⓘ |
| analyzesWorkOf | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| author | Jean Starobinski ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| criticalApproach |
close reading
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historical contextualization ⓘ psychoanalytic inflection ⓘ |
| field |
18th-century French literature
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Rousseau studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| focusesOnTheme |
authenticity
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confession ⓘ obstacle ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ sincerity ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ transparency ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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literary criticism ⓘ philosophical criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
dialectic of visibility and opacity in subjectivity
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paradoxes of confession ⓘ relationship between self and language ⓘ tension between ideal transparency and real obstacles ⓘ |
| influenced |
French literary criticism in the 20th century
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later studies of autobiography ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of the desire for total sincerity
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conceptual pair of transparency and obstacle ⓘ exploration of the limits of communication ⓘ influence on modern Rousseau scholarship ⓘ |
| periodCovered | 18th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment studies ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
alienation
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authentic self ⓘ confessional discourse ⓘ interiority ⓘ modern subjectivity ⓘ |
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