Political Theory

Re: Rousseau sounds Hoppean?

Andrew Cain — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:44:59 GMT

ivanfoofoo:

I know he was very egalitarian, nationalist, democratic and disliked private property. But I didn't know what he meant by "natural order". I think you're right, maybe he has refering to nobles.

Rousseau was truly mad. If one were to read his Discourse on Inequality then you could see that basic interaction somehow produced inequality. He basically proposes that we should lead sealed lives of atomistic natures. How he then produces a social contract theory after that is beyond me.

Re: Rousseau sounds Hoppean?

ivanfoofoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:57:22 GMT

I know he was very egalitarian, nationalist, democratic and disliked private property. But I didn't know what he meant by "natural order". I think you're right, maybe he has refering to nobles.

Re: Rousseau sounds Hoppean?

nirgrahamUK — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:52:58 GMT

no Rousseau meant that we should all be noble savages. you can class him as an anti-capitalist.

Rousseau sounds Hoppean?

ivanfoofoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:27 GMT

"In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed." - Rousseau

Do you know what did he mean by natural order? I think that phrase sounds very much like Hoppe.