Monsters in the Garden: Rousseau on Politics and Parental Virtue
Monsters in the Garden: Rousseau on Politics and Parental Virtue
This chapter on Rousseau argues that in relying on the experience of parenthood to plant the seed of virtue, and using the relationship with one’s children as the measure of virtue, he introduced a source of profound insecurity into modern conceptions of citizenship. Rousseau was persistent and creative in exploring ways that the experience of parenthood might help produce the right sort of virtuous citizenship. The results were deeply compelling—so much so that the popularity of Rousseau’s work quite literally introduced these ideas into popular conceptions of modern citizenship.
Keywords: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, parenthood, virtue, children, citizenship
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