Rousseau's Theory of Human Association

Transparent and Opaque Communities

By: Greg Hill

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Hardcover | 14 May 2006 | Edition Number 1

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218 Pages

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This book examines Rousseau’s ideas about the natural transparency of human intention, the loss of this transparency in the opaque cities of Europe, and the possibility of its restoration within small republican communities. The author weaves together Rousseau’s provocative conjectures about transparency and opaqueness to provide an original interpretation of Rousseau’s political thought and its bearing on several contemporary controversies. He also argues that civic cooperation in Rousseau’s model republic requires mutual surveillance; that Hobbes’s argument for a sovereign state assumes the natural opacity of human intention; and that Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” cannot efficiently coordinate the self-interested choices of opaque traders.

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"A rational-choice interpretation of Rousseau? And one that even people bored by rational-choice theory will want to read? That is the miracle Greg Hill has pulled off. Rousseau's Theory of Human Association is an engaging read and a challenge - not only to conventional interpretations of Rousseau - but to defenses of unfettered capitalism. Hill writes well and thinks hard, and the results will be worthwhile for anyone with an interest in Rousseau or in the nature of modern interpersonal relationships."

- Jeffrey Friedman, Editor, Critical Review

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Miscellaneous Items Non-Fiction Politics & Government Political Science & Theory Sociology & Anthropology Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy

Introduction
Transparency and Opacity in Nature, Society, and State
Association and Civil Society in Transparent and Opaque Societies
Opaque Traders and the Invisible Hand
The Ring of Gyges, the Perfect Shield, and the Veil of Ignorance
Conclusion
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