Rousseau and the renewal of political philosophy

The challenge of the possibility of having a logical basis for our political life and directing it in the postmodern era was a motivation to reconsider the research that addressed the writings of previous political philosophers. This reconsideration aims to revive the old or classical foundations of civic reason, and to clarify the strengths and weaknesses of modern philosophical rationality. This series responds to this fuss by providing new creative academic knowledge in the history of political philosophy, knowledge driven by rediscovering the various rhetorical strategies employed by political philosophers. The series includes interpretive studies concerned with the historical context and language, and with the ways in which censorship and educational interests forced talented thinkers to employ complex strategies, in highly diverse cultural settings, to formulate comprehensive plans that enable them to address different audiences characterized by varying degrees of openness to non-traditional thinking. This book emphasizes a careful reading of writings dating back to ancient times, the Middle Ages, the early modern period, and the late modern period, which highlight human conditions in their pursuit of answering their deepest and most enduring questions, and which laid the foundations for contemporary political, social, and economic life (in modern eras). The editors oversee manuscripts from esteemed and emerging thinkers who focus on studying texts carefully, either by analyzing a single work or through a thematic study of a problem or issue across several works.