Background
Perkins, Merle Lester was born on April 16, 1919 in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Elisha and Ethel (Armstrong) Perkins.
(In this study, Merle L. Perkins links individual freedom ...)
In this study, Merle L. Perkins links individual freedom with national power in offering a close reading of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's major texts. He sees in Rousseau's thought an extreme tension and interdependence between the idiosyncrasy of nonconforming character and an almost obsessive concern with the external pressures operating on the state.
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Perkins, Merle Lester was born on April 16, 1919 in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Elisha and Ethel (Armstrong) Perkins.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1941. AM, Brown University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in French, Brown University, 1950.
Instructor French, Brown U., 1948-1950; instructor French, University of Chicago, 1950-1953; member of faculty, University of California, Davis, 1953-1967; professor French, University of California, 1963-1967; department chairman foreign languages, University of California, 1962-1965; department chairman Italian and French, University of California, 1965-1967; professor French, University of Wisconsin, since 1967; chairman graduate studies French, University of Wisconsin, 1967-1974, 77-89; Pickard Bascom professor French, University of Wisconsin, since 1983. Director universities Michigan and Wisconsin Year in France, Aix-en-Provence, 1976-1977, chairman admissions, 1979-1989.
(In this study, Merle L. Perkins links individual freedom ...)
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Association Teachers French, Philological Association Pacific Coast, Modern Language Association (grantee 1956-1957), International Association for 18th Century Studies, Modern Humanities Research Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Marion Cunningham, June 16, 1951. Children: Elizabeth Cunningham, Janet Blair.