Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which is Not correct about Rousseau?
AHe supported positive liberty
BHe believed the state represents the general will of the body politic set up by the social contract
CHe was an ardent supporter of liberalism and the Enlightenment ✓ Correct
DHis social contract was not a one-time event but a continuous process
Correct answer: (C) He was an ardent supporter of liberalism and the Enlightenment — The incorrect statement is that Rousseau was an ardent supporter of liberalism and the Enlightenment.
Explanation
★The incorrect statement is that Rousseau was an ardent supporter of liberalism and the Enlightenment.
★Rousseau was critical of representative democracy, which liberalism supported.
★He was also critical of the over-emphasis on reason in Enlightenment thought.
★He supported positive liberty through the general will.
★He held that the state expresses the general will of the people.
★His social contract was a continuous, not one-time, process.
★So the ardent-supporter-of-liberalism claim is incorrect.
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