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The Social Contract - Couverture souple

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

 
9780140442014: The Social Contract
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0140442014 ISBN 13 : 9780140442014
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2003

Synopsis

'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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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0140442014
ISBN 13 
9780140442014
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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