{"product_id":"jean-jacques-maurice-cranston-9780226118628","title":"Jean-Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1754","description":"In the first volume of his trilogy, noted political philosopher Maurice Cranston draws from original manuscript sources to trace Rousseau's life from his birth in provincial obscurity in Geneva, through his youthful wanderings, to his return to Geneva in 1754 as a celebrated writer and composer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] admirable biography which is as meticulous, calm, reasonable, and judicious as its subject is passionate and tumultuous.\"--Keith Michael Baker, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The definitive biography, as scholarly as it is entertaining.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exceptionally fresh . . . . [Cranston] seems to know exactly what his readers need to know, and thoughtfully enriches the background--both physical and intellectual--of Rousseau's youthful peregrinations . . . . He makes the first part of Rousseau's life as absorbing as a picaresque novel. His fidelity to Rousseau's ideas and to his life as it was lived is a triumph of poise.\"--Naomi Bliven, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most outstanding achievement of Professor Cranston's own distinguished career.\"--Robert Wokler, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaurice Cranston (1920-1993), a distinguished scholar and recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of John Locke, was professor of political science at the London School of Economics. His numerous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Romantic Movement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophers and Pamphleteers\u003c\/i\u003e, and translations of Rousseau's \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on the Origins of Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Cranston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226118622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226118628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.08w x 0.92d","brand":"Maurice Cranston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072003391743,"sku":"9780226118628","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c68203f-bfc6-451a-a8ba-f8546b43a5c1.jpg?v=1753415528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jean-jacques-maurice-cranston-9780226118628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}