Download or read book Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction written by Robert Wokler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001-08-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of Rousseau's life and works, across a range of disciplines, Robert Wokler shows how his thinking and writing were all inspired by an ideal of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom.