{"id":261,"date":"2015-11-09T21:58:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/?p=261"},"modified":"2022-02-01T08:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:50:54","slug":"jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/","title":{"rendered":"La&nbsp;Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann on French political thought at Harvard University in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>That is the subject of his new book <em>The Sublime Science of Simple Souls<\/em>, set to be published by Routledge in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Neidleman described Rousseau as a man born out of his time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRousseau was\u00a0a \u2018modern with an ancient soul\u2019 as he said of himself.\u00a0 This gave him a uniquely insightful perspective on the problems that define modernity, and he continues to be among the best companions in working through the struggles that we face today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Neidleman\u2019s book unique is that it analyzes Rousseau\u2019s philosophy related to truth and truthseeking. Rousseau, who is considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of Europe\u2019s Enlightenment period, believed that human beings in their natural state have access to the truths that pertain to human happiness and that those truths have become obscured by the corruption that results from civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Neidleman\u2019s book presents Rousseau\u2019s account of what humans should do to discover the truths to reclaim happiness.<\/p>\n<p>A longtime member of the Rousseau Association &#8211; a society dedicated to the study of the philosopher &#8211; Neidleman got started on this project when he presented a paper on Rousseau\u2019s <em>Reveries of the Solitary Walker <\/em>at a conference for the association.<\/p>\n<p>Neidleman\u2019s previous book was called <em>The General Will is Citizenship<\/em>, which evolved from his dissertation on Rousseau\u2019s influence on French political thought in 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n<p>He also has plans for future writings: \u201cI\u2019m thinking about the relationship between public opinion and public policy, in particular the strategies that political elites use to bring public opinion into conformity with public policy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[379,1549],"tags":[432,358],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-news-and-events","tag-history","tag-polisci","ulv_author-university-of-la-verne","legacy_tags-jason-neidleman","legacy_tags-jean-jacques-rousseau","legacy_tags-la-verne","legacy_tags-university-of-la-verne"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 每日大赛<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"每日大赛 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"La&nbsp;Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"History\",\"Political Science\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Faculty\",\"News and Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\",\"name\":\"La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 每日大赛\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"La&nbsp;Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"每日大赛 News\",\"description\":\"Univerity of La Verne\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"每日大赛\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/favicon-48.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/favicon-48.png\",\"width\":48,\"height\":48,\"caption\":\"每日大赛\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 每日大赛","description":"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau","og_description":"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.","og_url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/","og_site_name":"每日大赛 News","article_published_time":"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"La&nbsp;Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau","datePublished":"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/"},"wordCount":310,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["History","Political Science"],"articleSection":["Faculty","News and Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/","url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/","name":"La Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 每日大赛","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-09T21:58:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-01T16:50:54+00:00","description":"Jason Neidleman began focusing on philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau after taking a course taught by professor Stanley Hoffmann.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/09\/jason-neidleman-book-on-jean-jacques-rousseau\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"La&nbsp;Verne Professor to Publish Book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/","name":"每日大赛 News","description":"Univerity of La Verne","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"每日大赛","url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/favicon-48.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/favicon-48.png","width":48,"height":48,"caption":"每日大赛"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/author\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 20:17:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9790,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/9790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}