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'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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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
• Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780141191751
• ISBN: 0141191759
• ID: 01198244
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 298 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. October 2012

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