Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Transparency and Obstruction

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Transparency and Obstruction by Jean Starobinski. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780226771281.

Jean Starobinski, one of Europes foremost literary critics, examines the life that led Rousseau, who so passionately sought open, transparent communication with others, to accept and even foster obstacles that permitted him to withdraw into himself. First published in France in 1958, Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains Starobinskis most important achievement and, arguably, the most comprehensive book ever written on Rousseau. The text has been extensively revised for this edition and is published here along with seven essays on Rousseau that appeared between 1962 and 1970.