Against Rousseau: “On the State of Nature” and “On the Sovereignty of the People” by Joseph de Maistre (Translated and Edited by Richard A. Lebrun)
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Overview: “On the State of Nature” and “On the Sovereignty of the People” are Maistre’s most comprehensive treatment of Rousseau’s ideas and his most sustained critique of the ideological foundations of the revolution. “On the State of Nature”, a detailed critique of Rousseau’s “Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality”, focuses on Rousseau’s belief in the natural goodness of man; “On the Sovereignty of the People”, a critique of Social Contract, explores Rousseau’s theory of popular sovereignty. In Maistre’s eyes Rousseau encouraged the socially destructive individualism that lay at the heart of the French Revolution. However, the essays reveal some surprising ambiguities in the relationship between two seminal thinkers who are usually thought of as polar opposites, suggesting that Maistre’s vision was more akin to Rousseau’s than he would have admitted.
Genre: Non-Fiction | Political Thought
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