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| Author | Leo Damrosch |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin[1] |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 566 |
| ISBN | 0618872027 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius is a 2005 biography by Leo Damrosch, published by Houghton Mifflin. The book depicts the life of eighteenth-century philosopher, writer, composer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau, documenting his unorthodox rise from obscure beginnings to show how the orphaned and unschooled Rousseau rose from meandering journeyman to become one of the foremost thinkers in the Age of Enlightenment.
The book was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction.[2]
- ^ Dirda, Michael (January 31, 2024). "A philosopher who wrote with passionate eloquence about the heart and the human condition". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius". National Book Foundation.