É possível educar o leitor? John T. Scott. Rousseau’s Reader. Strategies of Persuasion and Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Wilson Alves-de-Paiva

doi:10.22201/fesa.26832917e.2025.6.1.363

Is it possible to educate the reader?

John T. Scott. Rousseau’s Reader. Strategies of Persuasion and Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Authors

Wilson Alves-de-Paiva Universidade Federal de Goiás (BR) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-7193

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fesa.26832917e.2025.6.1.363

Keywords:

Rousseau, Rhetoric, argumentation, reader formation

Abstract

The book Rousseau's Reader, by John T. Scott, examines the strategies that Rousseau employs in Emilio, in a sophisticated rhetorical game, to persuade the reader and hold their attention effectively.

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Author Biography

Wilson Alves-de-Paiva, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Professor at the Education Faculty in the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) and the Postgraduate Program in Educación (PPGE), with a PhD in Philosophy of Education from the Universidad de São Paolo (USP) and a master's degree in ethical and political philosophy from the UFG. He has postdoctoral internships in culture and education at the Universidad de Calgary (ucalgary) and philosophy of aesthetics and teaching from the Sorbonne Université in France. He was a visiting scholar at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and the Universidad de Complutense de Madrid.

Wilson Alves de Paiva specializes in the works of Rousseau, focusing on Emilio or la Educación. He is a member of the Rousseau Association in the United States, the LSA-Lusophone Studies Association (Canada), and other associations and research groups in Brazil and other countries. He coordinates the Iberoamerican study group, which focuses on Rousseau. Alves de Paiva has experience in education, with an emphasis on Education Philosophy, working mainly on the following disciplines: Educational Theories, Culture and Education, Brazilian Education, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of education and Aesthetics.

References

Scott, John T. Rousseau’s Reader. Strategies of Persuasion and Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

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Published

2024-11-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): November 2024-February2025

Section

Critiques (Resonances)

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“Is It Possible to Educate the Reader? John T. Scott. Rousseau’s Reader. Strategies of Persuasion and Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020”. 2024. FIGURAS REVISTA ACADÉMICA DE INVESTIGACIÓN 6 (1): 163-65. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesa.26832917e.2025.6.1.363.