Rousseau's Republican Romance

"This is an original, provocative, and extremely intelligent reading of Rousseau. I found myself continually learning from it."--Tracy Strong, University of California, San Diego "A challenging contribution both to feminist theory and to political theory more generally. Wingrove's account of the effective and affective place of sexual difference in Rousseau's republican imaginary raises larger questions for democratic theory in particular, for it reveals the dynamics of desire and submission that underlie Rousseau's democratic emphases on the rule of law and government by consent. This offers a provocative interpretation of the democratic paradox--that citizens must be forced to be free--and it does so with striking originality."--Kirstie M. McClure, The Johns Hopkins UniversityWingrove, Elizabeth Rose is the author of 'Rousseau's Republican Romance' with ISBN 9780691009971 and ISBN 069100997X.