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100 _a"Rousseau, Jean - Jacques"
245 0 _aSocial Contract
260 _aLondon
260 _bPenguin
260 _c1968
300 _a188p.-
365 _b 250.00
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520 _a'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains' These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir debate since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.
650 _aPolitical theory
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