Frederick NeuhouserFrederick Neuhouser has taught philosophy at Harvard University, the University of California, and Cornell University. He is now Professor of Philosophy and Viola Manderfeld Professor of German Language and Literature at Barnard Collge in New York City. He has written two books on Rousseau: Rousseau's Critique of Inequality, a guide to reading the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality; and Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love, on the dangers and redemptive potential of amour-propre. He is also the author of two books and numerous articles in post-Kantian German philosophy and is Permanent Fellow at the Center for Humanities and Social Change at the Humboldt Universität, Berlin. His current project, inspired by the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, is on what we mean when we call a society "sick." Read More Read Less