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Der Gesellschaftliche Vertrag

Der Gesellschaftliche Vertrag

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Christoph F Geiger

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1248490266
ISBN13: 9781248490266
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: Apr 12 2012
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.07 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Social Contract, originally published as Du Contrat Social; ou, Principes du droit politique, is a 1762 treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society.

The Social Contract argues against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, understood as a collective, have that all-powerful right. In the opening line of The Social Contract, Rousseau dramatically states that Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. He claims that legitimate political authority comes only from a social contract agreed upon by all citizens for their mutual preservation.

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