Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract: And, the Social Contract - Couverture souple

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

 
9780192835970: Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract: And, the Social Contract
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ISBN 10 : 0192835971 ISBN 13 : 9780192835970
Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

Censored in its own time, the Social Contract (1762) remains a key source of democratic belief and is one of the classics of political theory. This new translation is fully annotated and indexed. The volume also contains the opening chapter of the manuscript version of the Contract, together with the long article on Political Economy, a work traditionally between the Contract and Rousseau's earlier masterpiece, the Discourse on Inequality.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Christopher Betts

"Only the general will can direct the powers of the state in accordance with the purpose for which it was established, which is the common good."

Censored in its own tune, The Social Contract (1762) remains a key source of democratic belief and is one of the classics of political theory. It argues, concisely but eloquently, that the basis of any legitimate society must be the agreement of its members. As human beings, we were `born free; and our subjection to government must be freely accepted.

Rousseau was always a radical thinker, and in a broad sense a revolutionary. He insisted on the sovereignty of the people, and his greatest contribution to political thought is the concept of the general will, which unites individuals through their common self-interest, validating the society in which they live and the constraints it imposes on them.

This edition includes the opening chapter of the manuscript version of, the Contract, together with the long article on Political Economy, a work transitional between the Contract and the Discourse on Inequality.

INTRODUCTION TEXTUAL NOTE BIBLIOGRAPHY CHRONOLOGY - APPENDIX - EXPLANATORY NOTES INDEX

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Éditeur
Oxford Paperbacks
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0192835971
ISBN 13 
9780192835970
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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