Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xii
5. Prologue 1
6. 1. Rousseau’s Theory of Human Relations 5
7. 2. Social Longing and Moral Perfection 33
8. 3. Pity and Human Weakness 60
9. 4. Romantic Love in Emile 87
10. 5. Romantic Love in Julie 110
11. 6. Friendship, Virtue, and Moral Authority 136
12. 7. The Ecology of Justice 162
13. 8. The Sociology of Wholeness 187
14. Epilogue 216
15. Notes 229
16. Bibliography 232
17. Index 238