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‘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 debate since its 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.
Translated and Introduced by Maurice Cranston
Publisher : Penguin
Publication date : 19 September 1968
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0140442014
ISBN-13 : 978-0140442014
Item Weight : 148 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.2 x 19.8 cm
Net Quantity : 141.00 Grams
Best Sellers Rank: #399,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #38 in Political Structure & Processes #46 in Political Theory #847 in Reference (Books)
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