Du Contract Social (French-English Text)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ISBN 10: 1909669075 / ISBN 13: 9781909669079

Published by JiaHu Books, 2013

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The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Du Contract Social (French-English Text)
• Publisher: JiaHu Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 1909669075
• ISBN 13: 9781909669079
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

“Du contract social” was written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762. In it Rousseau sets about establishing the prerequisites for the modern democratic state. Its impact is so deep and the insight so revolutionary that the term “social contract” is now an established part of political philosophy.Here Rousseau's French text is reproduced side by side with G. D. H. Cole's classic English translation.L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

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