Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET June 2015 Political Science
Who among the following said of Rousseau, 'Ardent Apostle of Reason, he has done more than most to prepare the way for the age of unreason in which we live'?
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CWayper ✓ Correct
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Correct answer: (C) Wayper — The remark calling Rousseau an apostle of reason who prepared the age of unreason is made by C. L. Wayper.
Explanation
★The remark calling Rousseau an apostle of reason who prepared the age of unreason is made by C. L. Wayper.
★Wayper, in his survey Political Thought, captures the paradox at the heart of Rousseau's legacy.
★Though a child of the Enlightenment, Rousseau exalted feeling, sentiment, and the general will over cold reason.
★His romantic emphasis on emotion and community is seen as feeding later irrationalist and nationalist currents.
★Critics like J. L. Talmon went further, reading the general will as a source of totalitarian democracy.
★The line marks Rousseau as a bridge from the Enlightenment to Romanticism.
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