The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

88 pages first pub 1762 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy dark informative reflective slow-paced

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Rousseau's classic treatise of political philosophy espouses ideas and reforms radical for their time. The Social Contract explores the conflict between a society devoted to a prospering and healthy community, and the interests of commercial enter...

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