Nouvelles Formes D'émergence Sociale
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This article examines the pivotal role of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) in fostering new forms of subjectivity and social emergence during the late 18th and 19th centuries across Europe and Latin America. The author investigates the dialectical relationship between the affective realm—passion, virtue, and marital duty—and broader political ideals of human emancipation.
Drawing on Robert Darnton’s historical analysis of romantic sensibility, the paper demonstrates how reading Rousseau transcended mere literary consumption to become an transformative act capable of reshaping private and public life. Furthermore, the study explores the genealogical impact of the novel in Hispanic America and Argentina—highlighting figures such as Mariquita Sánchez, Manuela Sáenz, Juan Bautista Alberdi, and the "Generation of 1837"—as well as its philosophical resonance in the works of Kant and José Gaos.
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