PREVIEW-Episode 23: Rousseau: Human Nature vs. Culture
Summary: Discussing Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse in Inequality (1754) and book 1 of The Social Contract (1762).<br> This is a 31-minute preview of our vintage 1 hr, 29-minute episode which you can buy at <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-23-rousseau/" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/store</a> or <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2010/07/29/ep23-rousseau-citizens/" target="_blank">get for free</a> with PEL Citizenship (see <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership</a>). You can also purchase the full episode in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/episode-23-rousseau-human/id884279636" target="_blank">iTunes Store</a>: Search for "Partially Rousseau" and look under "Albums."<br> What's the relationship between culture and nature? Are savages really slavering beasts of unquenchable appetites, or probably more mellow, hangin' about, flexin' their muscles, just chillin', eh?<br> Rousseau engages in some wild speculation about the development of humanity from the savage to the modern, miserable wretch. Association with other people corrupts us, especially association with Wes. Is there some form of government that will make things tolerable? Maybe that one where Oprah is our queen.<br> Read the texts online <a href="http://www.constitution.org/jjr/ineq.htm" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon.htm">here</a> or buy them <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140444394/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140444394&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=BA6PZF74CLTFEMUT" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140442014/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140442014&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=XP64A5SCOWROPACV" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> End song: "Love Is the Problem" by <a href="http://newpeopleband.com">New People</a> from The Easy Thing (2009).<br>
