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Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Modern Society

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The Politics of Property in Rousseau's Second Discourse

Rousseau's second discourse, published in 1755, develops themes even further. He sees property as responsible for the degeneration slash development of human civilization. Rousseau thinks that from that point on, it's not just psychological unhappiness we have to contend with but political oppression.

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