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The Social Contract

The Social Contract

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Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau / Жан-Жак Руссо

Dimension

129x198mm (5,1'x7,8')

ISBN

9781853267819

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Page Count

140

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions

Year of book publication

1998

The Social Contract

With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.

Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual, while others have seen it as nothing less than a blueprint for totalitarianism. The Social Contract is not only one of the great defences of civil society, it is also unflinching in its study of the darker side of political systems.

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Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Жан-Жак Руссо

Publisher:Wordsworth Editions

Language:English

Publication Date:1998

Number of pages:140 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:120 g

ISBN:9781853267819

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