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tiredandspice's review against another edition
Rousseau is definitely problematic in many of his political ideals, but he's always an interesting read and this is easily my favorite of his writings
corbad's review against another edition
1.0
Unscientific, racist, sexist, and altogether a miserable read, despite what I suspect were good intentions. Inequality definitely deserves some discourse, but this doesn’t fit the bill.
ravimr's review against another edition
4.0
Solid 3.5* rounded up to 4*.
Still not sold on the premise that primitivism is a good idea, but it's still an interesting read nevertheless.
Still not sold on the premise that primitivism is a good idea, but it's still an interesting read nevertheless.
iinasomnia's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Racial slurs
shroudofthesea's review against another edition
3.0
operates off of a similar sense of imperialism as hobbes & locke, BUT rousseau at least can admit that hierarchy is a fundamentally twisted & unreasonable thing :)
microglyphics's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting relatively short read if you skip the fawning intro, which I recommend, and the last chapter, which was a compilation of his writing notes. The entire piece ends up being a Romantic thought experiment, as he is bound by the religious beliefs of the day not to counter the orthodoxy of the origin story of Genesis in the bible.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.