Издательство: Penguin, 2012
Переплёт: Мягкая обложка, 356 страниц
Серия: Penguin Classics
Категория: История. Социология. Политика
ISBN: 9780141191751
Формат: 197x130x23 мм, 294 г
📓 'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'
These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.