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The Stories of Citizens: Rousseau, Montesquieu, and de Staël Challenge Enlightenment Reason

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, and Germaine de Staël tell stories that warn against adopting the model of manly citizenship that emerged from the basic tenets of Enlightenment thought. This model includes idealization of the individual as autonomous self, faith in the possibility of a unitary public, the twinning of increasing enlightenment with increasing freedom and progress, and belief that political judgment is best made from an Archimedean point outside of time, space, particular experiences or interests, and familial loyalties. Though Rousseau, Montesquieu, and de Staël are often interpreted as adherents of the Enlightenment, their stories of particular women excluded from the philosophy and politics of Enlightenment reason beckon us toward new ways of defining and practicing citizenship in a democratic community.