The Social Contract (Classics of World Literature) (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Social Contract In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under the law by voluntarily embracing that law as our own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate all our desires to the collective good, the general will.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 01 October 1998
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Literary Essays | Contemporary Fiction | Political Science & Theory | History Of The Americas | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9781853267819 ISBN 10: 1853267813
- Sales rank: 7,573
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Full description for The Social Contract
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will. Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual, while others have seen it as nothing less than a blueprint for totalitarianism. The Social Contract is not only one of the great defences of civil society, it is also unflinching in its study of the darker side of political systems.
