The Social Contract Paperback / softback
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paperback / softback
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'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains'These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir debate since its publication in 1762.
Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power.
From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles. Translated and Introduced by Maurice Cranston
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2003
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- ISBN:9780140442014
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140442014