Description
| Product ID: | 9780486426921 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Thrift Editions |
| Title: | On the Social Contract |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Page Count: | 112 |
| Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Political science and theory, Constitution: government and the state, Political science & theory, Constitution: government & the state |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A milestone of political science, Rousseau''s 1762 work argues that all government is fundamentally flawed and that modern society is rife with inequality. He proposes an alternative system for the development of self-governing, self-disciplined citizens. "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains." Thus begins Rousseau''s influential 1762 work, in which he argues that all government is fundamentally flawed and that modern society is based on a system of inequality. The philosopher proposes an alternative system for the development of self-governing, self-disciplined citizens. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-12-29 |
