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The reception to Emile was one where individuals saw the work as a critique of society and a condemnation of traditional means of education. They were right....
Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar", Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762, the year of its first publication. [2] It was forbidden by the Church being listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
Along with Rousseau’s political treatise, The Social Contract (also published in 1762), Emile was banned and copies of the book were publicly burned. The author was exiled.
Published in 1762, Emile, or On Education, outlined a process of education that would prevent man from being corrupted by society and instead nurture his natural virtues and goodness.
Why was Émile banned? Rousseau's work sought to upset the proverbial "apple cart" of how society was seen and how it should be seen. Of the many ideas...
He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a basis for new...
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Would it be correct to regard Rousseau's Emile as a utopian novel? On the one hand, neither Emile nor his tutor, Jean-Jacques, is the herald of a new ideal society. Quite the opposite: one of Rousseau's main aims is to make Emile realize the limits of the possibilities open to him. That is why
