Scholars have long debated the contribution Rousseau has made to political thought. Is he a theorist of radical individualism, a reactionary advocate for authoritarianism, or just a brilliantly paradoxical but ultimately incoherent controversialist? In the first book devoted to discussion of Rousseau's conception of virtue, the Colby Government Department's Joseph Reisert argues that Rousseau's work offers a coherent political theory that both complements and challenges key elements of contemporary liberalism.
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