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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christophe Salvat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/2094