| The Social Contract: Or Principles of Political Right Contributor(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Author), Scruton, Roger (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1596980826 ISBN-13: 9781596980822 Publisher: Gateway Editions OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings--The Social Contract and The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) and The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)--and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on these texts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.11 |
| LCCN: 2009004958 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Series: Skeptical Reader |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social Contract takes up an argument which had begun with Bodin and Hobbes, and been continued by Grotius, Spinoza, and Locke to form the foundation of political thinking in the eighteenth century. The Social Contract is a work of consummate rhetorical skill; but it is also a prolonged sleight of hand in which what is most questionable is carefully hidden behind the magnificent flourishes of the prose. |