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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. 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.

Características:

Atributos LU

Año de Edición

1998

Descatalogado

Tipo

Libro

Casa Editorial

Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Autor

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ISXN

9781853267819

Idioma

Español

Núm. Páginas

139

Peso (Físico)

130

Tamaño (Físico)

12.6 x 19.8

Título

The social contract

Biografía del Autor

Tabla de Contenido

Introduction
Prefatory Note
Introductory Note

Book One

1. Subject of the First Book
2. Primitive Societies
3. The Right of the Strongest
4. Slavery
5. That it is Always Necessary to go back to a First Convention
6. The Social Pact
7. The Sovereign
8. The Civil State
9. Real Property

Book Two

1. That Sovereignty is Inalienable
2. That Sovereignty is Indivisible
3. Whether the General Will Can Err
4. The Limits of the Sovereign Power
5. The Right of Life and Death
6. The Law
7. The Legislator
8. The People
9. The People (continued)
10. The People (continued)
11. The Different Systems of Legislation
12. Division of the Laws

Book Three

1. Government in General
2. The Principle which Constitutes the Different Forms of Government
3. Classification of Governments
4. Democracy
5. Aristocracy
6. Monarchy
7. Mixed Governments
8. That Every Form of Government is Not Fit for Every Country
9. The Marks of a Good Government
10. The Abuse of the Government and its Tendency to Degenerate
11. The Dissolution of the Body Politic
12. How the Sovereign Authority is Maintained
13. How the Sovereign Authority is maintained (continued)
14. How the Sovereign Authority is maintained (continued)
15. Deputies or Representatives
16. That the Institution of the Government is Not a Contract
17. The Institution of the Government
18. Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government

Book Four

1. That the General Will is Indestructible
2. Voting
3. Elections
4. The Roman Comitia
5. The Tribuneship
6. The Dictatorship
7. The Censorship
8. Civil Religion
9. Conclusion