Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789 Book by Will Durant

Rousseau and Revolution (Volume 10 of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization) chronicles the turbulent, transformative decades leading up to the French Revolution. It contrasts the rationalist skepticism of Voltaire with the passionate romanticism and social revolt of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, exploring the era's cultural, intellectual, and political currents.