4. From Literature to Politics: How Rousseau Has Come to Symbolize Totalitarianism
It was widely believed after WW2 that totalitarianism could be traced back to Rousseau’s rationalistic utopia. This idea conveyed, in particular, by Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty and Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, is still popular in some political circles. This article intends, however, to demonstra...
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Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2017-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas |
Online Access: | http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/2094 |