Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius
| Author | Leo Damrosch |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 566 |
| ISBN | 0618872027 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius is a 2005 biography by Leo Damrosch, published by Houghton Mifflin. The book depicts the life of eighteenth-century philosopher, writer, composer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau, documenting his unorthodox rise from modest beginnings as an unschooled journeyman to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in the Age of Enlightenment.
The book was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction.