Ignorance as Lack of Imagination (of the other) in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Philosophy

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB PHILOSOPHIA, LXX, Special Issue, 2025 (p. 115-126)en-US
dc.creatorERŐSS, Réka
dc.date2025-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T10:40:54Z
dc.descriptionIn Rousseau’s thinking the anthropological difference is marked by the faculty of imagination, thus challenging the enlightenment consensus on the supremacy of ration. This paper discusses the significance of imagination within Rousseauean philosophical anthropology and philosophy of language, relying mainly on Jean Starobinski’s and Jacques Derrida’s interpretations. I argue that imagination, which preeminently requires the presence of the other, is the vital spark in the savage man’s becoming a social being.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/9982
dc.identifier10.24193/subbphil.2025.sp.iss.06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/1328
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/9982/9619
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophiaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia; Volume 70, Special Issue, December 2025; 115-126en-US
dc.source2065-9407
dc.source10.24193/subbphil.2025.sp.iss
dc.subjectJean-Jacques Rousseauen-US
dc.subjectstate of natureen-US
dc.subjectamour propreen-US
dc.subjectimaginationen-US
dc.subjectignoranceen-US
dc.titleIgnorance as Lack of Imagination (of the other) in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Philosophyen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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