Download or read book Rousseau on Language and Writing written by Barry Stocker and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two contemporary philosophers take two very different approaches to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages, and then each reflects upon the approach of the other. Barry Stocker takes a deconstructionist approach, discussing the importance of Rousseau in the work of Jacques Derrida. John Bolender approaches Rousseau's Essay in terms of cognitive science, most especially in light of the theories of Noam Chomsky and Alan Page Fiske. Both authors agree that Rousseau's Essay still has much to teach us.