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 | Concise Dictionary of Religion |  |
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778):
radical French philosopher who advocated DEISM and a SOCIALIST vision of SOCIETY. Although he wrote at great length an influential book, Emile (1762), about the education of children, he abandoned his own children to almost certain death in the workhouse. His important political work The Social Contract 1762) contains a chapter entitled "CIVIL RELIGION" which has provoked renewed debate in recent years.
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