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The Social Contract
"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains"
These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762.
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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.
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| Weight | .2 kg |
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| Dimensions | 7.8 × 5.1 × .4 in |
| ISBN | 9780140442014 |
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, |
| Published Date | 1994 |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Format | Paperback |
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