Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 400
Release Date: 24-12-2012
Part Number: 9780141191751
Details: '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 Hoare
With a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
EAN: 9780141191751
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English, French
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Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 400
Release Date: 24-12-2012
Part Number: 9780141191751
Details: '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 Hoare
With a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
EAN: 9780141191751
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English, French
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Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 400
Release Date: 24-12-2012
Part Number: 9780141191751
Details: '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 Hoare
With a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
EAN: 9780141191751
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English, French
