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The social contract
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- ISBN: 0140442014
- ISBN: 9780140442014
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187 pages ; 20 cm. - Publisher: Harmondsworth [London], Penguin, 1968.
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| General Note: | Translation of Du contrat social. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Political science Social contract |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | JC 179 .R687 1968 | 30775305484587 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Social Contract
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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 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
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