| The Social Contract Contributor(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Author), Cole, G. D. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 8027332036 ISBN-13: 9788027332038 Publisher: E-Artnow OUR PRICE: $6.37 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | American Government - General - History | Historiography |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |