Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and the Social Contract (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks) - Softcover

Bertram, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415201993 ISBN 13: 9780415201995

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Rousseau's Social Contract is a benchmark in political philosophy and has influenced moral and political thought since its publication. Rousseau and the Social Contract introduces and assesses:

*Rousseau's life and the background of the Social Contract
*The ideas and arguments of the Social Contract
*Rousseau's continuing importance to politics and philosophy

Rousseau and the Social Contract will be essential reading for all students of philosophy and politics, and anyone coming to Rousseau for the first time.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Bertram is senior lecturer of philosophy at Bristol University and has written for many journals in the political philosophy area.

Review:

"This will prove to be a very useful and widely used commentary on the "Social Contract filling a surprising gap in the market. It is sober, lucid and well-judged throughout and will, I am confident, be justly well-received, well-respected and well-thumbed."
-Nicholas Dent, Birmingham University

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415201993
• ISBN 13: 9780415201995
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224