The Social Contract - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1968-06-30Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140442014ISBN-10:140442014UPC:9780140442014Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, Social History, History & SurveysBook Topic:ModernSize:7.88 x 5.08 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCCBWE26Y2
The Social Contract
"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains"
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 the citizens of a state and that should be the...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140442014ISBN-10:140442014UPC:9780140442014Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, Social History, History & SurveysBook Topic:ModernSize:7.88 x 5.08 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCCBWE26Y2
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's Encyclop?die and the novels La nouvelle H?lo?se and ?mile.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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