by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Tecnos · tapa dura · ISBN 9788448701215
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«El contrato social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Tecnos in hardcover (140 pages, in Spanish).
It starts from the famous claim that man is born free yet lives in chains to question the legitimacy of power. Rousseau proposes a pact by which the community governs itself according to the general will, the basis of popular sovereignty and the just state.
Second installment in the Grandes Obras del Pensamiento collection, 13 × 20.5 cm. Originally published in 1762 as Du contrat social.
Aimed at students and readers interested in political philosophy and the 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.
