Contents -- Susan Dunn: Introduction. Rousseau's Political Triptych -- Chronology of Rousseau's Life -- The First Discourse: Discourse on the Sciences and Arts -- The Second Discourse: Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Manking -- The Social Contract -- Rethinking The First and Second Discourses and The Social Contract -- Gita May: Rousseau, Cultural Critic -- Robert N. Bellah: Rousseau on Society and the Individual -- David Bromwich: Rousseau and the Self without Property -- Conor Cruise O'Brien: Rousseau, Robespierre, Burke, Jefferson, and the French Revolution.