La religion politique de Jean-Jacques : résolution d’un conflit entre universalisme et particularisme
This article deals with religion, regarding Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Political Institutions. Religion is not self-evident, when the doctrine examines the ambiguous relationship between the philosopher and the spiritual. By imagining the irruption of verticality in his Social Contract, Rousseau genera...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Revue du Droit des Religions |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rdr/638 |
| Summary: | This article deals with religion, regarding Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Political Institutions. Religion is not self-evident, when the doctrine examines the ambiguous relationship between the philosopher and the spiritual. By imagining the irruption of verticality in his Social Contract, Rousseau generated many comments, which reflect a certain perplexity or even a simple condemnation. This condemnation is due to an apparent insolubility : the need to reconcile a religion totally streamlined, responding to the most perfect universalism, but which should nevertheless be put in the hands of the Legislator and therefore be part of a singular political city. These developments enlighten that permanent tear, as a leitmotif of the thought of Rousseau, and enable a better understanding of the concept of civil religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2493-8637 2534-7462 |