Description
| Product ID: | 9780140442014 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Social Contract |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Political science and theory, Constitution: government and the state, Political science & theory, Constitution: government & the state, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, this title argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, it considers issues of liberty and law, as well as freedom and justice. ''Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains'' |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-07-31 |
