Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.Rousseau's novel Emile, or On Education is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloisewas of importance to the development of pre-romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings his Confessions, which initiated the modern autobiography, and his Reveries of a Solitary Walker exemplified the late 18th-century movement known as the Age of Sensibility, and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought.
La obra de Rousseau ha sido objeto de numerosas traducciones, sin embargo no existían hasta ahora ediciones accesibles al lector en castellano de los textos sobre música. Dichos textos, una importante selección de los cuales se recogen en este volumen, no sólo son significativos...
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