Confessions (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

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On Sale: Sep 1, 2009
Page Count: 656 pages
Publisher: BookAnnex
ISBN-13: 9781411430549

Jean-Jacques Rousseaus Confessions is the first modern autobiography, and arguably the most influential autobiography ever written. What we think of as the “self,” our self-sufficient identity, finds its roots in the Confessions. Rousseaus great autobiography speaks to us with a voice that is as relevant today as it was revolutionary and unsettling in the eighteenth century.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The son of Suzanne Bernard and Isaac Rousseau, a watchmaker, Jean-Jacques was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1712. His mother’s death when he was less than a month old contributed to his portrayal of Emile as an orphan. Rousseau’s Confessions reveal how his childhood experiences shaped his educational ideas in Emile. His essays on economics, politics, religion, and education sparked intense controversy in the eighteenth century and still cause lively discussion today.

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