Arthur M. Melzer is professor of political science at Michigan State University, where he is also cofounder and codirector of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy. He is the author of Philosophy Between the Lines.
The true key to all the perplexities of the human condition, Rousseau boldly claims, is the "natural goodness of man." It is also the key to his own notoriously contradictory writings, which, he insists, are actually the disassembled parts of a rigorous philosophical system rooted in that fundamental principle. What if this problematic claim-so often repeated, but as often dismissed-were resolutely followed and explored? Arthur M. Melzer adopts this approach in The Natural Goodness of Man. The first two parts of the book restore the original, revolutionary significance of this now time-worn principle and examine the arguments Rousseau offers in proof of it. The final section unfolds and explains Rousseau's programmatic thought, especially the Social Contract, as a precise solution to the human problem as redefined by the principle of natural goodness.
The result is a systematic reconstruction of Rousseau's philosophy that discloses with unparalleled clarity both the complex weave of his argument and the majestic unity of his vision. Melzer persuasively resolves one after another of the famous Rousseauian paradoxes-enlarging, in the process, our understanding of modern philosophy and politics. Engagingly and lucidly written, The Natural Goodness of Man will be of interest to general as well as scholarly readers.
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比较仔细地读了前半部分,这个解释的力量非常强,尤其是对论不平等的分析解决了很多文本困难。
评分有关《社会契约论》的那一部分论证相当缜密,可以说解决了卢梭思想体系中所谓的个人主义与集体主义之间的矛盾。
评分60年代的文献已详备如此,洋人真是不给我这种混饭吃的边缘群体留条活路啊。
评分60年代的文献已详备如此,洋人真是不给我这种混饭吃的边缘群体留条活路啊。 @2017-08-08 15:27:23
评分以不平等的起源和社会契约论为核心文本,帮助解决了我不少疑问。
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