by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · EDIMAT. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484030201
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«El contrato social» is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's essay on political philosophy, published by Edimat Libros in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
Rousseau argues that no natural authority justifies political power and proposes a pact whereby each individual cedes their rights to the community. Sovereignty resides in the people, and only a government that expresses the general will, oriented toward the common good, is legitimate. He examines the forms of state and the conditions of a just society.
The edition, published in 1999, belongs to the Clásicos de siempre collection (number 7), with a preliminary study and translation by Enrique López Castellón from Du contrat social.
For students and readers of political philosophy interested in the theory of the state, popular sovereignty, and the foundations of constitutionalism.
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.
