'I am now alone on earth': Politics and Loneliness in Rousseau's 'Reveries'

• In Event: Politics and the Education of the Passions

Brief Overview

Understanding Rousseau's 'Reveries' as originating from a state of loneliness, I look to how loneliness permeates Rousseau's political philosophy and examine what lessons can be gleaned about the phenomenon itself.

Author

• Zachary Durec, University of California-Davis