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Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writing by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ISBN: 9780141191751 PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 400 PUBLICATION DATE: 4.10.2012 DIMENSIONS: 198mmX129mmX23mm 292grams

DESCRIPTION: 'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains'. These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever 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 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. This title is translated by Quintin Hoare and is presented with a new introduction by Christopher Bertram.

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