The Social Contract - Couverture souple

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9568356215 ISBN 13 : 9789568356217

Editeur : BN Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, whose political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Social Contract, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. In The Social Contract (1762) Rousseau argues that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people. When people aren't abiding the general will and they are "forced to be free", this wasn't advocating totalitarianism. The general will is laws that are accepted as just and those who don't follow the general will are breaking the law. Rousseau is advocating to force people to follow the law because it is in everyone's best interest to do so.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Social Contract, or Of the Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right (French: Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique; 1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BN Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9568356215
• ISBN 13: 9789568356217
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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