THE RIDDLE OF THE PURELY CIVIL PROFESSION OF FAITH. RELIGION AND POLITICS IN ROUSSEAU

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to go through the chapter on the civil religion that concludes the Social Contract of Rousseau by stopping at four points that we  believe are essential:a) the relationship between transcendence and immanence, b) the relevance of beliefs and feelings in the space of politics, c) the
problem of historical religions, d) the limits and scope of tolerance.Along this path we hope to demonstrate that this last brick is the essential part that necessarily closes the political construction of Rousseau and not a section that threatens the spirit of his thought.