Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings Paperback / softback
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Christopher Bertram
Paperback / softback
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'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.' These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first 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 by Quintin HoareWith a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:04/10/2012
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- ISBN:9780141191751
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:04/10/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141191751