Rushing Around The World, Rousseau And Amy, Who Lives In Utopia

Jean-Jacques Rousseau,the most radical thinker,philosopher and educator and litterateur of the French enlightenment.Life drift from place to place,a sponsor life in most of the time.The writings from the earliest essay of Dijon college "on science and art",and later "on the origin of inequality","the new Heloise","social contract theory","Emile" and "Confessions",regardless of political thought and educational thought and philosophy."Nature" and "freedom" principle is always the main line.Rousseau was born in a protestant family,precisely,is born in the protestant country.It becomes an important aspect affecting the formation of his thoughts.16 years old to bishop of Catholicism.At the age of 42 heavy converted protestant,restore the citizenship of the republic of Geneva,and that with his bumpy life have inseparable relationship.Rousseau was born with his mother's death.As a result,his early education and influence mainly from his father.But his mother gave him a lot of novels,the book became his first teacher.After his father ran away from home,Rousseau was sent to learn from pastor Lambercier by his uncle about two years.And then formally opened his bumpy life.During this period,his education also is varied,with Mrs Warren's teaching,self-study in spare time,and friends and elder's teachings and guidance during his trip.As for Rousseau's education ideal,mainly concentrated in his book Emile.In the book,he discussed the naturalistic education thought system,put forward the education to adapt to the development of child's nature.Promote the development of the nature as education goal.People can be divided into infancy,childhood,youth,youth four stages,based on the characteristics of each stage of development to the corresponding education respectively.Among them,he put forward the famous "negative education".Argued that adopts the method of "natural consequences" make children from life experience of the concept of right and wrong,and get education.Such a system of education ideal is inseparable with Rousseau's own education reality.Education reality is the source of his education ideal.On the one hand,the ideal education is a continuance of the education reality,Rousseau applied his own education experience that hadpositive impact to his education ideal.Education ideal,on the other hand,is the sublimation of the education reality.in his education experience,there are many blind practices,didn't tally with the nature development,and hindered people's development.Rousseau denied it,and put forward the opposite methods that is suitable for the development of the human's nature,eventually into a system of naturalistic education thought.Rousseau realized that the feudal hierarchical society can only lead to more pressure and contradictions.And the education under the class' ruling can only be a tool to bound people's thought and consolidate their ruling status.So,it is only through the reform of education,to promote the development of people thought liberation and nature,foster new citizens,and eventually realize the establishment of a democratic and free country.