Binding: Paperback
Description: 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. Translated by Quintin Hoare With a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
Title: Of The Social Contract And Other Political Writings
Author(s): Rousseau Jean - Jacques, Christopher Bertram
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780141191751
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/24/2012
Category: Social & Political Philosophy