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The Social Contract (häftad, eng)
''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...
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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 powerFrom 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
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 192 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
Utgivningsdatum | 2003-07-31 |
ISBN | 9780140442014 |
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- Häftad, 192, Engelska, Penguin Books Ltd, 2003-07-31, 9780140442014
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