Rousseau’s Diplomatic Correspondence: The Venetian Initiation into the Art of Politics
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2015.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : From 1743 to 1744, Jean-Jacques Rousseau served as the secretary to the French ambassador to Venice. What the Confessions recall from his stay there notably include “the celebrated amusements of that city,” but those anecdotes should not obliterate the fact that “it was in time of war.” From his office in the Most Serene Republic, Rousseau could hear the echoes of the battles and negotiations of the War of the Austrian Succession. Dealing with the issues of the forms of government and international relations, the Venetian diplomatic correspondence can be read as an initiation into the art of politics.
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From 1743 to 1744, Jean-Jacques Rousseau served as the secretary to the French ambassador to Venice. What the Confessions recall from his stay there notably include “the celebrated amusements of that city,” but those anecdotes should not obliterate the fact that “it was in time of war.” From his office in the Most Serene Republic, Rousseau could hear the echoes of the battles and negotiations of the War of the Austrian Succession. Dealing with the issues of the forms of government and international relations, the Venetian diplomatic correspondence can be read as an initiation into the art of politics.
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