American political philosopher at Boston College who is a leading interpreter of Rousseau — and whose translations and studies of Rousseau's political works make him one of the most important Rousseau scholars in the Anglophone world.
Provided careful interpretations of Rousseau's political thought — particularly the relationship between the First and Second Discourses and the Social Contract — clarifying what Rousseau actually argued versus popular misreadings.
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