Penguin Classics: Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ISBN 9780140442014

> Fiction Books > Classics - Prose - Essays, Narratives & Letters Books Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate 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 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. In his introduction, Maurice Cranston examines the historical and political ideas that influenced Rousseau, and places The Social Contract against a backdrop of his remarkable personality and life. RRP: $9.95 Availability: Available at our supplier, usually ships in 10 to 14 days. ISBN 13: 9780140442014 ISBN 10: 0140442014 Binding: Paperback Pages: 192 Dimensions: 198 X 129 mm Released: 16/06/1998

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