The social contract and the discourses
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-17781993
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Rousseau's discussions of the state, individual liberty and human rights, the origins of property and the economic structure of society, still affect our thinking about such matters more than two centuries later.
The social contract and the discourses / by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated by G.D.H. Cole ; revised and augmented by J.H. Brumfitt and John C. Hall ; with an introduction by Alan Ryan.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, authorCole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959, translatorBrumfitt, J. H. (John Henry), revisorHall, John C. (John Cecil), revisor
Revised edition.
London : Everyman's Library, 1993.
lxi, 409 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: A discourse on the arts and sciences - A discourse on the origin of inequality - A discourse on political economy - The general society of the human race - The social contract.
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EnglishFrench
PoliticsSocietyHuman rights