Background Reading

J. Plamenatz, Man and Society, vol 1, ch 10

N.J.H. Dent, Rousseau
R.D. Masters, The Political Philosophy of Rousseau, chs 3-9
I. Hampsher-Monk, A History of Modern Political Thought
J. Charvet, The Social Problem in the Philosophy of Rousseau
M. Cranston & R. Peters (eds.) Hobbes and Rousseau: A collection of Critical Essays
J. Lively & A. Reeves (eds), Modern Political Theory
Marshall Sahlins. "The Original Affluent Society." In Stone Age Economics, ch. 1.
Lucio Colletti. "Rousseau as a Critic of `Civil Society'." In From Rousseau to Lenin.