Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Political Significance of Forgiveness and Anger in Rousseau’s Thought: The Dialogues as a Case Study
Chapter 1. The Magnanimous Pardon: A Force to be Reckoned With
Chapter 2. The Philosophes’ Plot and the Frenchman’s Anger
Chapter 3. The Productive Capacities of the Citizen’s Anger
Chapter 4. The Frenchman’s Conundrum
Part II. Private, Interpersonal Forgiveness: The Rousseauvean Intervention
Chapter 5. The Confessions: Saint-Lambert and Rousseau’s Miraculous Reconciliation
Chapter 6. Publicized Anger and the Unforgivable: Reconsidering the Story of the Foundling Hospital
Chapter 7. Forgiveness Among Men and Citizens in Julie
Chapter 8. Émile and Sophie: To forgive or not forgive? That is the Question
Conclusion. Forgiveness Today and Rousseau’s Legacy
Bibliography