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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.
Main title:
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.
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Everyman's Library, 1993.
Collation:
lxi, 409 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
18571516239781857151626
Language:
EnglishFrench
Index terms:
PoliticsSocietyHuman rights
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