The Social Contract And Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The Social Contract And Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes.

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The Social Contract And Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 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.

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ISBN 13 9780460873574
ISBN 10 0460873571
Title The Social Contract And Discourses
Author Jean Jacques Rousseau
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1993-12-02
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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