by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789879481134
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«El Contrato Social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Errepar in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
The book starts from the idea that human societies have historically been organized around inequality, with a few dominating and many obeying. Faced with that reality, Rousseau proposes a political order in which authority does not depend on force, but on a collective pact; only thus can freedom and equality be reconciled for all members of the community.
The work was originally published in 1762 under the title «Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique».
It is especially useful for students and readers of political philosophy who want to learn the foundations of modern democratic 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.
