How she smirched their marriage-tie?/ How could I, by disclosing everything,/ Humiliate my father and my king?Footnote37 Later, Theseus expresses regret for the hasty and ill-considered judgement and punishment when, learning of the true worth of the son he had so recently reviled, he laments: O bring me back my son, and let him clear/ His name! Rousseau's letter can help to understand the distinction between lived-in culture and theoretical political order. Renew your subscription to regain access to all of our exclusive, ad-free study tools. He writes that the actor is someone who is artificial, performs for money, subjects himself to disgrace, and abandons his role as a man. Rousseau endeavours quite extensively in the Letter to counter the appeal of commerceboth economic and socialas Montesquieu depicts its pleasing character and salutary effects in The Spirit of the Laws. He reasons that even if comedy writers write a play that is morally acceptable, the audience will not find it funny. Instead of a civil religion, Rousseau here outlines a personal religion, which proves to be a kind of simplified Christianity, involving neither revelation nor the familiar dogmas of the church. 33 See, for example, Michael Zuckert, Natural Rights and Modern Constitutionalism, Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights, 2 (2004), 42-66 (4546, 52). 32 Spirit, 12.2, 188. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 21 Diana J. Schaub, Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's Persian Letters (Lanham, MD, 1995), 11314. Rousseau's later quarrel with Voltaire was legendary for its violence . Not by chance, one of his "potpourris" includes a copy of the letter, rewritten by Voltaire's Secretary J.-L. Wagnire (BV 11- 208). The little community, dominated by Julie, illustrates one of Rousseaus political principles: that while men should rule the world in public life, women should rule men in private life. Catherine Larrre notes that although Montesquieu grants that the ancient republics needed to restrict the female presence in the public sphere so as to preserve their mores, in modernity, and especially in monarchies, feminine tastes are the spring of the commercial activity that results in a thriving public sphere: the positive effects of commerce are global ones, however much it turns individuals to self-interest, depriving them of virtue; see Catherine Larrre, Montesquieu on Economics and Commerce, in Montesquieu's Science of Politics, edited by David W. Carrithers, Michael A. Mosher, and Paul A. Rahe (Lanham, MD, 2001], 33574 (347, cf. Arguably its greatest influence was as one of the first attempts to write a rigorous philosophical history of mankind. While serving as secretary to M. and Mme Dupin, he studied and took notes on Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws in order to aid his employers in writing their rebuttals of the work.Footnote13 Rousseau credits his predecessor throughout his corpus.Footnote14. Amusements are acceptable in moderation, when they are necessary, but they become a burden if they consume the minds of men enough to waste their time. The central character, Saint-Preux, is a middle-class preceptor who falls in love with his upper-class pupil, Julie. In the Social Contract he credits Montesquieu by name in his discussions of the power of the legislator, the effect of climate, and his characterisation of democracy; see Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, in Collected Writings, IV, 2.7, 3.8, 4.3. creating and saving your own notes as you read. Moreover, the double entendre he deploys here should not be overlooked, as he also illustrates that men's social interactions with women unleash the power of commercial exchange: Fashions are an important subject; as one allows one's spirit to become frivolous, one constantly increases the branches of commerce [on augmente sans cesse les branches de son commerce].Footnote25 Thus, both women and commerce foster the communicability and nurture the adaptability of a given people.Footnote26. . Charting Rousseau's influence is hard, simply because it was so vast. Other scholars, in examining Rousseau's Letter in particular, discern limited indications of Montesquieu's influence. Whereas it was the Calvinists who opposed the theatre in Geneva, it was the Jansenists who were vociferous critics of the theatre in France, both before and during Montesquieu's time; Montesquieu is almost certainly referring to their opposition here. Although Rousseau in his Letter refers neither to Montesquieu nor to his works by name, he was certainly well versed in his predecessor's teachings. 66 For example: The English people think it is free. 3 Rousseau, Correspondance gnrale, ed. It is an exciting little work that takes what appears to be an innocuous suggestion about adding a public theater to Geneva, and turns it into a brutal critique of the Enlightenment. See also Bellhouse, Femininity & Commerce in the Eighteenth Century, 29294; Schaub, Erotic Liberalism, 12122. 16 Spirit, 4.8, 41. In fact, Muralt relates that he observed that Englishmen sometimes had the audacity to bring their mistresses to the dinner table, and this caused so little trouble that it led Muralt to declare: Je crois que s'il leur en prenoit envie, ils les feroient coucher dans un mme lit, & je ne sai s'il n'y en a pas eu qui s'en soient avisez. Register a free Taylor & Francis Online account today to boost your research and gain these benefits: Spectacles and Sociability: Rousseau's Response in His, Department of Political Science, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA and New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, USA. All live together in harmony, and there are only faint echoes of the old affair between Saint-Preux and Julie. 50 Kapossy, Iselin contra Rousseau, 39. Later Rousseau states that [t]he necessary relations between morals and government have been so well expounded in Spirit that one can do no better than have recourse to this work to study these relations; see Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile or On Education, translated by Allan Bloom (New York, NY, 1979, Book 5, 458, 468. 8 Letter, 254. Nevertheless, Montesquieu's pleasing depiction of polite French society and his praise of theatre's support for natural morality could very well abet that transmission which Rousseau resists. Thus, an examination of Rousseau's discussion of theatre together with its relation to women and morality reveals that he is employing distinctly Montesquieuian terms and themes in order to engage and challenge his predecessor. [4], In this section, Rousseau expresses his belief that actors and actresses themselves are people of an undesirable lifestyle and potentially weak moral foundation. [4], Rousseau turns to the topic of love, which, he says, is in the realm of women. 63 See Spirit, 28.22, 56162, where Montesquieu declares that men's connection to women is related, in part, to the fact that women are quite enlightened judges of a part of the things that constitute personal merit. Rousseau is often characterized as the father of Romanticism, as he opposed modernity and the Enlightenment and glorified the heroic ethos of Ancient Rome and Greece. Rousseau's Letter to d'Alembert on the Theatre offers an important discussion of the relation of the arts to the health of a political community. She returns his love and yields to his advances, but the difference between their classes makes marriage between them impossible. Once again looking to Greece and Rome as an ideal, he says that Sparta did not tolerate theatres, and Rome considered the acting profession dishonourable. Montesquieu's description of a gentle and joyful societal existence could very well foster admiration beyond the borders of France, and thus spread the very mores from which Rousseau endeavours to protect Geneva. Women naturally have power over men via resistance in the area of relationships and this power can be extended to the play, where women can have the same control over the audience. But sometimes human beings forget themselves and their natural feelings. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. His thought marked the end of the European Enlightenment (the "Age of Reason"). Rousseau opposed marriage without love (i.e. However, Rousseau was later to write in his autobiography, Confessions, that "in all of Europe [Discourse on Inequality] found only a few readers who understood it, and of these none who wished to talk of it." Muralt offers a similar critique in his comments on France. As a result, he advises that the greatest part of the penalty should be the infamy of suffering it.Footnote34 Furthermore, in Racine's depiction, Theseus is enraged at Hippolytus precisely because he regards his son's action as treasonous,Footnote35 and Montesquieu warns repeatedly that outrage at this particular crime can result in atrocious punishments for the guilty and innocent alike.Footnote36. Careful consideration of Rousseau's Letter in light of Montesquieu's Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws reveals a much more pervasive influence, however. It is about people finding happiness in domestic as distinct from public life, in the family as opposed to the state. Though a theatre can work to distract the masses of the cities from crime, it is of no use to a smaller city like Geneva, which is relatively innocent. Love from Simone: Epistolarity and the love letter. From 174041, he worked as a private tutor for Monsieur de Mably, brother of the famous writer, the Abbe de Mably. See, for example, Clifford Orwin, Rousseau's Socratism, The Journal of Politics, 60 (1998), 17487 (180); J. S. Maloy, The Very Order of Things: Rousseau's Tutorial Republicanism, Polity, 37 (2005), 23561 (24142); Eric Nelson, The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought (Cambridge, 2004). Rousseau began to write whilst living with her. Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre (Agora Editions) Paperback - October 31, 1968 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Allan Bloom (Translator) 11 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $45.00 Other used and collectible from $45.00 Paperback $18.95 Other new, used and collectible from $2.22 At one point, Rousseau states his concern simply as this: in a state as small as the republic of Geneva, all innovations are dangerous and [they] ought never to be made without urgent and grave motives.Footnote79 This passage mirrors Montesquieu's teaching throughout The Spirit of the Laws, which he encapsulates in its preface: changes can be proposed only by those who are born fortunate enough to fathom by a stroke of genius the whole of a state's constitution.Footnote80 Thus, with an inflection borrowed from Montesquieu, Rousseau warns any would-be proposer of improvements to Geneva that even seemingly small and well-intentioned, but ill-considered, changes can have significant deleterious consequences. 26 Michael A. Mosher, The Judgmental Gaze of European Women: Gender, Sexuality, and the Critique of Republican Rule, Political Theory, 22 (1994), 2544 (42). Thus, [i]n the theater we congratulate ourselves for our moral sensitivity while remaining isolated from irksome involvement with our fellows; see Christopher Kelly, Rousseau and the Case for (and Against) Censorship, in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers, edited by John T. Scott, 4 vols (New York, NY, 2006, first published in 1997), IV, 20122 (209). It greatly deceives itself; it is free only during the election of the members of Parliament. Believing that Thrse was the only person he could rely on, he finally married her in 1768, when he was 56 years old. The Enlightenment was a diverse movement, represented in France by writers such as Voltaire, Diderot and the authors of the Encyclopdie. In October of 1758, Rousseau published the Letter to d'Alembert to refute Jean d'Alembert's suggestion that Geneva establish a public theater. 49 Bla Kapossy, Iselin contra Rousseau: Sociable Patriotism and the History of Mankind (Basel, 2006), 68. He continues that a European spirit of gallantry that one can say was little known to the ancients grew out of this desire to please women. An obstreperous critic of the theatre, Rousseau presents its stories not as clarifying and correcting humanity's moral compass, but rather as obscuring it. Nonetheless, important differences between Muralt's account of French and English societies and those accounts offered by Rousseau and Montesquieu suggest that Rousseau uses Muralt in order to strengthen his rebuttal of Montesquieu. 34546). Rousseau could never entertain doubts about Gods existence or about the immortality of the soul. However, it is important to consider the diverse concerns of the Enlightenment as a background to Rousseau's work. The main action is on a platform [estrade], called the stage [thtre]. However, after the death of Louis XIV, new philosophical ideas began to emerge about embracing earthly pleasure, and the theatre found more and more supporters. 177. He argues that the presence and authority of women in public spaces corrupts the male youth, turning them effeminate and void of patriotic passion. It was in England that Rousseau found refuge after he had been banished from the canton of Bern. Their exchange, collected in volume ten of this acclaimed series, offers a classic debate over the political importance of the arts. Comments. Rousseau worked as a clerk to a notary, and then was apprenticed to an engraver. In the early 1750s, Rousseau had a string of successes. Alternate titles: Lettre dAlembert sur les spectacles, Letter to Monsieur dAlembert on the Theatre, Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Years of seclusion and exile of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It may be considered to portray Rousseau's vanity, narcissism and biases, but the text could also be thought of more positively; as expressive, lyrical and austere. For the Letter, the French, when cited, is given in parentheses, taken from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, crits sur la musique, la langue, et le thtre, in uvres compltes, edited by Bernard Gagnebin and others, 5 vols (Paris, 19591995), V. 3 D'Alembert, Geneva, in Letter, 246. One of Rousseau's pivotal points in the Letter is that customs, opinions and priorities which are common and well-accepted among all citizens should be those that make accepting laws in favour of respect, equality and harmony a pleasurable and natural experience. Of course, Rousseau is willing to harness female society in such a manner only in the already corrupt society of France. Rousseau's essay critiqued the immorality of the Parisian theater and argued that a theater in Geneva would have a similarly corruptive effect on their society. In the decadence of France, Rousseau claims the most esteemed woman is the one who is most social, most talked about, judgmental and authoritative. 6 Rousseau authored many of the entries related to music in the Encyclopdie as well as the article Economie, in Encyclopdie, ou dictionnaire raisonn des sciences, des arts et des mtiers, etc., edited by Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert; see University of Chicago, IL: ARTFL Encyclopdie Project (Spring 2013 Edition), edited by Robert Morrissey, http://artflsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.4:599.encyclopedie0513 [accessed 18 June 2014]. April 18, 2023, SNPLUSROCKS20 When Geneva was so threatened with the possibility of embracing such French mores, Rousseau engaged directly with the very authority whom d'Alembert invokes. Allan Bloom, "Jean-Jacques Rousseau," in History of Political Philosophy, ed. In his Notes on England, Montesquieu somewhat comically speaks from personal experience: The women here are reserved, because Englishmen see little of them. In this different context religion plays a different role. With Racine's Phaedra in mind, Rousseau denies that the theatre can teach morality: What do we learn from Phdre and pide other than that man is not free and that Heaven punishes him for crimes that it makes him commit? dAlembert sur les spectacles (1758; Letter to Monsieur dAlembert on the Theatre) appeared in print, Rousseau had already left Paris to pursue a life closer to nature on the country estate of his friend Mme dpinay near Montmorency. Further, he praises the type of morality that can be conveyed through theatrical spectacle, claiming that moral lessons are more effective in this form because they speak directly to the passions. Rousseaus view that drama might well be abolished marked a final break between the two writers. Montesquieu's captivating depictions of the sociability that the French theatre can engender was surely an obstacle for Rousseau's opposition to its influence in Geneva. Various symptoms of paranoia began to manifest themselves in Rousseau, and he returned to France incognito. Yet in the Letter his encomia cross from enthusiastic to the fervid. Dieses exklusive Werk zusammen mit anderen einzigartigen kuratierten Kunstwerken finden Sie nur hier! Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerlanddied July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France), Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation. But see, for example, Grimsley, d'Alembert, 5354; Gargett, Vernet, Geneva, and the Philosophes, 14546. Thus, theatre serves to extenuate moral lapses. Scholars have pointed to Montesquieu's influence on Rousseau's work generally. Other scholars, who focus more intently on the Letter to d'Alembert, discern a crucial but limited influence of Montesquieu in two of Rousseau's teachings there: first, that some practices, including the theatre, can be appropriate and even wholesome for some societies, while noxious for others; and second, that mores are important in determining what types of laws and institutions a given people can tolerate and maintain. [1], Rousseau believed that public morals could be created not by laws or punishment, but simply by women, who have access to their senses and largely control the way men think. This is a civil law, Montesquieu proclaims pointedly, that punishes natural defense.Footnote39 After asserting that natural defense demands that the accused be confronted by witnesses in a criminal proceeding, the chapters go on to provide examples of how civil laws can interfere with familial relations. While Montesquieu lavishes distinct praise on a society that permits the formation of taste and promotes the gentleness that comes from commerce, understood both as economic and social exchange, Rousseau resists such influences. If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. Montesquieu devotes the entirety of Part 4 of Spirit to commerce and population. Rousseau worked as a servant, music teacher and engraver. The accents of nature [les accents de la nature] cause this pleasure; it is the sweetest of all voices.Footnote31, Montesquieu's praise of Racine's Hippolytus, whom he describes as being accused, judged, condemned, banished, and covered with infamy, underscores the fact that to his mind this blameless young man is the victim of a judicial procedure that failed to disclose his true innocence. In the next book of The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu specifically illustrates how the theatre appeals to our natural morality: In our theaters we watch with pleasure when a young hero shows as much horror on discovering his step-mother's crime as he had for the crime itself; in his surprise, accused, judged, condemned, banished, and covered with infamy, he scarcely dares do more than make a few reflections on the abominable blood from which Phaedra is descended; he abandons what he holds most dear [] to give himself up to the vengeance of the gods, a vengeance he has not deserved. 46 In speaking of their thought generally, Larrre notes that whereas Rousseau agrees with Montesquieu about the difference between the monarchical and republican conditions of women, he does not agree with his normative assessment of these conditions; see Catherine Larrre, Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Women and Citizenship, History of European Ideas, 37 (2011), 21822 (218). Rousseau too offers this very contrast in his treatment of the theatre in his Letter to d'Alembert, but in the case of English society, where Montesquieu raises objections, Rousseau offers praise. Rousseau was the least academic of modern philosophers and in many ways was the most influential. [7] With impartiality, he decided it fit for publication (he himself at one time worked as a censor). 4. Mchten Sie Encyclopedie: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1754; Copper engraving from: Diderot & d'Alembert 'Encyc kaufen? Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. -36:18. Letter to D'Alembert and Writings for the Theater. After formally renouncing his Genevan citizenship in 1763, Rousseau became a fugitive, spending the rest of his life moving from one refuge to another. [3], D'Alembert himself was moved by the response, even intimidated. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. In the guise of La Profession de foi du vicaire savoyard (1765; The Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar) Rousseau sets out what may fairly be regarded as his own religious views, since that book confirms what he says on the subject in his private correspondence. In both the Persian Letters and The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu points to the theatre as a locus of sociability that has a transformative effect on its auditors. Dans le Commerce continuel qu'il y a entre les deux Sexes, il se fait comme un change de Caractre, qui les fait un peu droger l'un & l'autre; see Muralt, Lettres, 229. Rousseau takes comfort in an allegiance to truth alone at the time of his break with Diderot and at which he becomes convinced that he must live without friends. Rousseau '' Letter To D' Alembert''; Politics & The Arts [ Allan Bloom] Bookreader Item Preview Free trial is available to new customers only. Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! In making this case in Letter to d'Alembert, Rousseau engages Montesquieu's thought by confirming some aspects of his predecessor's reflections while challenging others, frequently adopting Montesquieu's very language in order to counter the trends his predecessor's work might promote. Earlier in the same book of Emile, Rousseau provides a quotation from the Persian Letters, but names neither the work nor the author; see Rousseau, Emile, Book 5, 451. Contact us Summary It is difficult to overstate the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the works of Mary Wollstonecraft. 0:00. He makes it clear that the growth of society, reason, and language makes man capable of amazing things, but at the same time, such growth will "ruin" him. Rousseau proceeds to explore the effect of theatre when decency is lost. The theme of The New Eloise provides a striking contrast to that of The Social Contract. He also attached great importance to conscience, the divine voice of the soul in man, opposing this both to the bloodless categories of rationalistic ethics and to the cold tablets of biblical authority. As these two leading figures of the Enlightenment argue about censorship, popular versus high culture, and the proper role . Those methods involve a noticeable measure of deceit, and although corporal punishment is forbidden, mental cruelty is not. Sometimes it can end up there. Cody Valdes provided perspicacious editorial assistance. Remarkably, in his Letter to d'Alembert, Rousseau himself transmits this same assessment of the women in England, employing the very adjective that Montesquieu applies to them: English women are gentle and timid [timides].Footnote65 Nevertheless, where Montesquieu perceives this as having lamentable consequences for the English, Rousseau finds admirable results. Rousseau's depictions of the theatre as well as his discussions of the role of women in both French and English society reveal that the Letter bears a striking resemblance to, and, in fact, appears to be a response to, aspects of Montesquieu's thought. Through examining Montesquieu's commentary on the theatre in the Persian Letters, as well as his discussion of Phaedra in The Spirit of the Laws, it becomes clear that Montesquieu teaches that the theatrical art can have a positive effect on individuals and thus on society. 20 Montesquieu, Persian Letters, letter 28, 79. It made the author at least as many friends among the reading publicand especially among educated womenas The Social Contract and mile made enemies among magistrates and priests. See also Coleman, Rousseau's Political Imagination, 6466; David Marshall, Rousseau and the State of Theater, in Rousseau: Critical Assessments, edited by Scott, IV, 13970 (141, 144, 148); Mostefai, Le citoyen de Genve, 82. He considered women, by virtue of their nature, to be the primary agents of moral reform, and that the success of the state depends on the harmony within private, domestic life. 83 Spirit, 19.5, 310 (2: 559). Jean-Jacques Rousseau (UK: / r u s o /, US: / r u s o / French: [ ak uso]; 28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (), writer, and composer.His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. 20% The key historical context of Discourse on Inequalitywas the complex phenomenon known as the Enlightenment. Did you know that with a free Taylor & Francis Online account you can gain access to the following benefits? [5] Ecclesiastical groups as well, namely the Jansenists, harshly condemned the theatre due to it being incompatible with Christian morality. Although Rousseau offers evaluations of the English and French in opposition to the ones Montesquieu presents, he simultaneously confirms Montesquieu's teachings regarding the powerful effect that women can have on mores and accepts Montesquieu's fundamental tenet regarding the transformative effect of mores on society and government. The best alternative to theatres is open-air festivals, in nature, to provide a unifying, patriotic spirit. Nonetheless, taken together, these apparently contrasting accounts reveal that Montesquieu sees value in the theatrical experience in its entirety. on 50-99 accounts. In 1758 his Letter to M. d'Alembert on the Theatre was published. After he had been expelled from France, he was chased from canton to canton in Switzerland. Personnages principaux. Whereas Montesquieu and Rousseau speak of female society forming and perfecting taste, Muralt asserts that the subordination of the masculine to the feminine in society corrupts tastes: on se corrompt le got; see Muralt, Lettres, 246. D'Alembert here refers to a chapter, entitled A Fine Law, in Book 20 of The Spirit of the Laws, which contains Montesquieu's only mention of Geneva in the work; see Charles-Louis Secondat de Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws [hereafter Spirit, in the format of book.chapter, page(s)], translated and edited by Anne M. Cohler, Basia C. Miller, and Harold S. Stone (Cambridge, 1989), 20.16, 348. Writing to Gilbert Imlay from France in 1784, she contemplated buying their daughter a sash "to honour J. J. Rousseau and why not?for I have always been half in love with him." 1 Half in love, indeed - and half infuriated. 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