Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract
| Author | : Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2008-08-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199538966 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199538964 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (964 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract by : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Download or read book Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Censored in its own time, the Social Contract (1762) remains a key source of democratic belief and is one of the classics of political theory. This new translation is fully annotated and indexed. The volume also contains the opening chapter of the manuscript version of the Contract, together with the long article on Political Economy, a work traditionally between the Contract and Rousseau's earlier masterpiece, the Discourse on Inequality.