The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Author:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Jaques Rousseau
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.
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Publishing date:
1998
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general/trade
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2 days
Publisher:
Wordsworth Editions Limited
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Publication form:
paperback / softback
Language:
English
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ISBN:
9781853267819
Categories:
Literary essays
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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.