{"product_id":"9781681058054","title":"Emile, or On Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmile: or, On Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1762) which Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed to be the “best and most important of all my writings” is largely a philosophical treatise on the nature of man; it addresses political and philosophical questions regarding the individual’s relationship to society, in particular how the individual can retain what Rousseau saw as his natural goodness while participating in an inevitably corrupt society. In \u003ci\u003eEmile\u003c\/i\u003e, Rousseau attempts to describe a system of education that will enable the “natural man” that he outlines in \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e (1762) to live within corrupt society. Rousseau includes the novelistic story of Emile and his tutor in order to illustrate how one might educate this ideal citizen; \u003ci\u003eEmile\u003c\/i\u003e is therefore not a detailed parenting guide, although it does contain some specific advice on raising children. It is the first complete philosophy of education in the Western tradition, as well as the first \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e, preceding Goethe's \u003ci\u003eWilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e by more than thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe text is divided into five \"books\"; the first three are dedicated to the child Emile, the fourth to an exploration of the adolescent Emile and the final book outlines the education of his female counterpart, Sophie, and Emile’s domestic and civic life.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmile\u003c\/i\u003e was banned and burned in Paris and Geneva as soon as it was published for the controversial section “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar,” but despite, or perhaps because of, this reputation, it became a European bestseller. Furthermore, during the French Revolution, \u003ci\u003eEmile\u003c\/i\u003e served as the inspiration for a new national system of education.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003ci\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe free encyclopedia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Some Good Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171620929776,"sku":"9781681058054","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681058054_p0.jpg?v=1763691418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681058054","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}