The Social Contract (Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Rousseau, Jean-Jaques

ISBN 10: 1853267813 / ISBN 13: 9781853267819

Edité par Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

N° de réf. du vendeur ZBV.1853267813.LN

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The Social Contract (Classics of World Literature)

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This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Derek Matravers

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.

Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual, while others have seen it as nothing less than a blueprint for totalitarianism. The Social Contract is not only one of the great defences of civil society, it is also unflinching in its study of the darker side of political systems.

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Titre : The Social Contract (Classics of World ...
Éditeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date d'édition : 1998
Reliure : Couverture souple
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