The Social Contract
RM 20.92
ISBN:
9781911495741
Categories:
History
File Size
1.79 MB
Format
epub
Language
English
Release Year
2016
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Author
Jean-Jacques RousseauSynopsis
A book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality. The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.