The Social Contract

by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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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 vigorous debate 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.

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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
  • ISBN: 9780140442014
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.88 x 0.47
  • Number Of Pages: 192
  • Publication Year: 1968

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