So what about Rousseau.
I've read the Social Contract for a course, fairly interesting, Spinozian in places. An approach to politics rooted in realism that meshes perfectly with theoretical normativism. The Confessions were also well written, profound in psychology and, more importantly, costantly goddamn funny.
READ EMILE
>>8125194
I did and already replied to you, check you inbox
>>8125199
>check you inbox
What did he mean by this?
>rooted in realism
When will this fedorameme die?
>>8125223
Political realism - the approach to political philosophy, which finds one of its masters in Machiavelli, attempting to describe and engage with ghe mechanics of power in one's own language/symbol game.
>it's not slavery if you signed a contract, regardless of any preexisting power structures that caused you to sign it
Fuck off
>>8125263
You're thinking of Hobbes and Locke, but De Tocqueville would agree with you.
>>8125180
I've a lot all of Rousseau and to be honest, Social Contract is my least favorite essay of his. Discourse on Inequality was by far my favorite.
>>8125263
power structures are spooks, or just another power stucture, a meta power structure if you will
t.michel 'baldy AIDS' foucault
