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In the Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau identifies Corsica as the last place in Europe capable of receiving his political proposals. To understand why this may be. this paper examines the historical and intellectual relationship between Rousseau's thought, enlightened European society and Corsica in the eighteenth century. In doing this it identifies what was unique about the island, noting the perceived 'savagery' of its people, and thus their capability to be given Rousseau's laws. It then examines how proposals from Rousseau's Constitutional Project for Corsica relate to the Social Contract, noting that the historical particularities of Corsica allow for further understanding of the proposals in the latter text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What is Nietzsche's place in the history of political thought? This article attempts to situate Nietzsche by contrasting him with two traditions: the social contract, in particular in its Hobbesian variety, which Nietzsche critically engages with in both 'The Greek State' and the Genealogy; and nineteenth-century theories of the 'withering away of the state', which serve as an interesting counterpoint to Nietzsche's own view of the 'decay of the state'. In doing so, the article challenges the view that Nietzsche does not offer a theory of the state, and should therefore not be considered a political thinker of any kind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]