Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his banned 1762 work 'Émile', observed that those with limited knowledge often speak ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Enlightenment philosopher dubbed the 'Father of Romanticism,' shaped ideas on freedom and nature.

Rousseau’s famous line from The Social Contract reflects on freedom and control, reminding us how society can quietly place limits on human liberty.

Alliances once promised restraint and stability. As they turn transactional, the costs of belonging come into focus.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a Swiss philosopher, explored how society binds individuals. His famous work, The Social Contract, ...

GENEVA, June 28 (UNHCR) - "Man is born free but everywhere is in chains." This quote made the Geneva-born political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, world famous. But today, as we commemorate the ...

Professor Williams teaches political science at DePaul University. Donald Trump’s claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, this month were bizarre and outlandish, but they worked. Within ...

In his dialogue, Phaedrus, the Greek philosopher Plato’s King Thamus argued that rather than aiding human memory, the Egyptian god Theuth’s gift of writing offered only the appearance of wisdom; 2,400 ...

This essay seeks to explore the position of citizen sacrifice in Rousseau’s political theology from The Social Contract to “The Levite of Ephraïm.” To summarize, I contend that Rousseau’s political ...