by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Everyman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780460873802
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«Émile» is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophical treatise, published by Everyman in paperback (592 pages, in English).
Rousseau reflects on human nature and education through the fictional story of Émile and his tutor. He advocates a natural education, based on experience and individual autonomy, against a corrupting society. The work was banned and burned in 1762, but inspired new educational systems.
Translation by Barbara Foxley and introduction by P. D. Jimack.
Intended for university students and readers of philosophy and education.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.
