Rousseau, Jean‐Jacques (1712–78)

Frédéric Ramel (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The two moments when Rousseau (1712–78) became most concerned with international relations are examined in this entry: 1743–44 when he served as secretary in the French embassy in Venice and in 1756 when he wrote a summary and a judgement of the Abbé de Saint‐Pierre's Project of perpetual peace. Both episodes contributed to his central thesis that international peace through law remains a utopian dream because states existed in a permanent state of war.

Keywords: Rousseau; Jean‐Jacques; Diplomacy; International relations

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science; Humanities and Social Sciences; History

Frédéric Ramel. Rousseau, Jean‐Jacques (1712–78). Gordon Martel. The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy, John Wiley & Sons, 2018, 9781118887912. ⟨hal-03393936⟩