The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Ian Johnston (Translator)

missing duration info Add in missing duration information first pub 1762 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy dark informative reflective slow-paced
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In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population a...

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