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Rousseau on Politics and the Arts
Introduction and Preface
Intro: L'encyclopedie de Diderot et d'Alembert (1:50)
Preface: Justice and Truth, Humanity and Country (4:00)
Preface: D'Alembert's Argument for the Theatre (12:13)
Preface: The Literary Character of the Letter (7:26)
Rationalism and the Priesthood (I)
Are the Genevan Ministers Heretics? (12:21)
Heterodoxy and Public Faith (8:23)
The Benefits of the Theatre (II)
Rousseau's Questions (2:36)
The Old-Fashioned Answer (3:13)
Peoples and Their Pleasures (6:19)
Can The Theatre Improve Our Morals? (7:01)
Theoretical and Empirical Objections (5:20)
The Harms of the Theatre (III)
Crime and Punishment (9:06)
Real and Virtual Horror (7:08)
Molière's Misanthrope (IV)
The Ridiculous and the Good (5:13)
The Natural and the Conventional (7:45)
Lies and Laughter (4:51)
Love (V)
Love and the Rule of Women (5:05)
Modesty vs. Publicity (6:32)
Young Lovers (6:30)
Summary and Transition (4:04)
Actors and Audiences (VI)
Simple and Corrupt Pleasures (8:48)
Destroying Paradise (10:49)
Regulating the Effects of the Theatre by Law (VII)
Law and Morality (8:48)
Public Opinion (11:01)
Relying on the Moral Character of the Actors (VIII)
The Greek Exception (4:05)
Is Shame Natural? (4:27)
Temptation (5:27)
The Case of Geneva: Circles and Societies (IX)
A Moral Revolution (6:44)
Manliness (7:01)
Virtue, Vice, Wine, and Education
Economic and Other Effects (X)
The Rich and the Poor (5:22)
Comedy, the Death of Socrates, and Rule by Actors (7:21)
What is Good Public Entertainment? (XI)
Public Festivals (4:51)
Harmonizing Nature, God, and Society (9:20)
The Beautiful Republic (4:28)
Thank you (0:16)
Virtue, Vice, Wine, and Education
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