Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
Translator - Quintin Hoare
Editor/introduction - Christopher Bertram
Notes by - Christopher Bertram
Penguin Classics
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: 04 Oct 2012
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Synopsis
'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'
These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first 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.
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Paperback
ISBN: 9780141191751
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 192
Published : 04 Oct 2012
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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Translator - Quintin Hoare
Editor/introduction - Christopher Bertram
Notes by - Christopher Bertram
£9.99
