by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Gallimard Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070326709
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«Du Contrat social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Gallimard Education in paperback (535 pages, in French).
Rousseau argues that the human being is born free but lives in chains imposed by institutions, and analyzes when a political order is legitimate. Against force, he proposes a pact based on the general will: sovereignty resides in the people. The volume also includes the first version of «Du contrat social» and the «Fragments politiques».
The work was originally published in 1762 as «Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique». This 1993 edition is number 233 in the Folio Essais collection.
Recommended for students of political philosophy and for those seeking the great classics of Enlightenment thought.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.
