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The Enlightenment quest for absolute foundations of knowledge alienates individuals from authentic self-construction, which can be reconciled through a program of Rousseauian insularity. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The thesis explores the disconnection of western individuals from authentic self-construction in a postmodern context.

March 6, 2026Open Access

Rousseauian insularity and the problems of self and knowledge in the postmodern world

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This thesis examines the crisis of self in postmodernity, proposing Rousseauian frameworks for identity and knowledge.

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The thesis explores the disconnection of western individuals from authentic self-construction in a postmodern context.
Analysis of Rousseau's texts, particularly the Second Discourse and Emile.
Theoretical examination of the Enlightenment and postmodernism's impact on identity.
Development of a framework for Rousseauian insularity as a solution for self-alienation.
Identified a crisis of the self in the postmodern age, highlighting Alienation effects.
Proposed Rousseauian insularity as a reconciliation between modernist and postmodern self-identity.
Demonstrated the contemporary relevance of Rousseau's theories in understanding self-construction.

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Thomas Hugh Daley (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69aa710d531e4c4a9ff5b583 https://doi.org/10.26108/j5qr-rh62

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