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A review by username999
Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings by Christopher Bertram, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Quintin Hoare
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Okay so, regardless of some very good points and this book being ahead of it's time (As instead of discussing about specific political identifies and whatnot - the point that democracy has value only if it's from the people as this can relate to the modern day of big corporations ruling the USA. And that not just voting for new members but more easily being able to also to vote on improving the institutions over time so it can be more fitted to the times and to the people of that particular generation) And I really did think that this book did a good job in being very practical and describing concrete steps in how we being equal is important. I might not have agreed with everything that was said, but I think that the message here is important and I think even better explained than the communist manifest. Now I've never read that, but he brought up many things that I do know about it which was interesting to see and how it was described in a different perspective which I haven't seen before. And again, even if I don't agree with everything, it was still nevertheless refreshing to see it the way it was here without cynicism that I feel often comes from it, directly or indirectly.
So why did I give this 2 stars? Omg because it was very painful to get through. I absolutely hated the writing in this book with a passion. I understand it's an older book, but the reading experience was one of the worst I've ever read. At least there wasn't anything problematic about it, but omg my eyes were rejecting the pages even though I was happy with the content? I dunno, if the book was more direct in what it was trying to convey without all of it's completely unnecessary flowery language the experience would be so much different. And even in spite of the good things I have to say about it, I don't recommend this book to anything. And if anyone is interested in the subject material, I would try reading another account that can better describe what this book was trying to convey so you can save yourself from the pain I went though as I was reading this.
So why did I give this 2 stars? Omg because it was very painful to get through. I absolutely hated the writing in this book with a passion. I understand it's an older book, but the reading experience was one of the worst I've ever read. At least there wasn't anything problematic about it, but omg my eyes were rejecting the pages even though I was happy with the content? I dunno, if the book was more direct in what it was trying to convey without all of it's completely unnecessary flowery language the experience would be so much different. And even in spite of the good things I have to say about it, I don't recommend this book to anything. And if anyone is interested in the subject material, I would try reading another account that can better describe what this book was trying to convey so you can save yourself from the pain I went though as I was reading this.