by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Fontana · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788476726860
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«El contrato social» is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's essay on political theory, published by Fontana in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
Rousseau reflects on the foundations of legitimate political authority and argues that it can only arise from a social contract based on the general will. The work sets out the principles of popular sovereignty and democracy, and criticizes societies founded on inequality and force, ideas that influenced the French Revolution.
Translation and notes by Jorge Carrier Vélez. Work originally published in 1762 as «Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique». Belongs to the Clásicos Universales collection.
For readers of political philosophy and classics of Enlightenment thought, especially those interested in the foundations of modern democracy.
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.
