Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract and Revolutionary Politics (1762–1799)

1. Rousseau frames popular sovereignty in print

   Jan 1, 1762Labels: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social, Amsterdam publisher

   • Britannica
   • Columbia Lib

2. Authorities condemn and burn Rousseau’s treatise

   Jun 19, 1762Labels: Censorship, Book burning, Authorities

   • Columbia Lib
   • Britannica

3. Geneva repression deepens Rousseau’s break with officials

   Jan 1, 1763Labels: Geneva authorities, Rousseau, Religious power

   • Columbia Lib
   • SJJ Rousseau

4. Rousseau defends his political theory in ‘Letters’

   Jan 1, 1764Labels: Letters Written, Constitutional dispute, Rousseau

   • SJJ Rousseau
   • Britannica

5. Rousseau dies at Ermenonville, leaving a political legacy

   Jul 2, 1778Labels: Ermenonville, Rousseau, Funeral legacy

   • Garden History
   • Britannica

6. National Assembly asserts nation-based sovereignty

   Jun 17, 1789Labels: National Assembly, Nation sovereignty, French Revolution

   • LoC WDL

7. Declaration of Rights links law to the general good

   Aug 26, 1789Labels: Declaration of, National Constituent, General will

   • LoC WDL
   • UMN HRL

8. Revolutionary politics intensify Rousseau’s afterlife in debate

   Jan 1, 1790Labels: Revolutionary debate, Rousseau reception, Political legitimacy

   • Columbia Lib
   • Britannica

9. Jacobin republic elevates direct-popular legitimacy claims

   Jan 1, 1793Labels: Jacobin Republic, Popular legitimacy, Collective sovereignty

   • Britannica
   • Columbia Lib

10. Convention establishes Cult of the Supreme Being

    May 7, 1794Labels: Cult of, National Convention, Civic religion

    • Supreme Being

11. Thermidor reaction reduces Jacobin use of Rousseau

    Jul 28, 1794Labels: Thermidor Reaction, Robespierre fall, Jacobin decline

    • Supreme Being
    • Columbia Lib

12. Rousseau is reburied in the Panthéon

    Oct 11, 1794Labels: Panth on, Rousseau reburial, Revolutionary honor

    • Rousseau bio
    • Columbia Lib

13. Revolutionary decade ends, Rousseau remains a lasting reference

    Nov 9, 1799Labels: Napoleon coup, Rousseau legacy, Post-revolution

    • Britannica
    • Columbia Lib