Published: 2022-06-25

Pytania o wartość. Ekonomiczne uwikłania jednostki i języka w Wyznaniach Jana Jakuba Rousseau

Maria Janoszka Logo ORCID
Section: varia - follow-ups and anticipations
https://doi.org/10.31261/errgo.12563

(article in Polish, abstract in English)

Abstract

"The Questions of Value. Economic Entaglements of the Individual and Language in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions"

This article discusses the multiple ways in which the Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau evokes finances, income, loss, and the worth of money itself. Born in the lower class, Rousseau vividly portrays the struggles caused by the 18th-century economy, which became one of the most important topics in his oeuvre. He treats money with intense ambivalence, accusing it of having a delinquent effect on society and each human being, while longing for a steady income with no need for work. On the other hand, he depicts money not as a measure of worth but as an empty sign that can be seen as a metaphor for the conventional nature of language. These observations pose questions how societies form their notion of worth and value.

Citation rules

Janoszka, M. (2022). Pytania o wartość. Ekonomiczne uwikłania jednostki i języka w <i>Wyznaniach</i> Jana Jakuba Rousseau: (article in Polish, abstract in English). Er(r)go. Theory - Literature - Culture, (44), 167–183. https://doi.org/10.31261/errgo.12563

Cited by / Share

Er(r)go 44 (1/2022)

No. 44 (2022)
Published: 2022-07-19


ISSN: 1508-6305
eISSN: 2544-3186
Ikona DOI 10.31261/errgo

Publisher
University of Silesia Press | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i Wydawnictwo Naukowe "Śląsk"

This website uses cookies for proper operation, in order to use the portal fully you must accept cookies.