The Social Contract
$24.23
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1998
Summary
Chains of Society: Reimagining the Social Contract
“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. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140442014 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140442014 |
| Author: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1998 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), the French political philosopher and educationalist, is the author of A Discourse on Inequality, and Emile. Maurice Cranston was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and wrote and published widely on Rousseau, including two volumes of biography.
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