The Basic Political Writings, 2nd Edition
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald A. Cress, "The Basic Political Writings, 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 1603846743, 1603846735 | 2012 | EPUB | 312 pages | 778 KB
This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of Rousseau’s most important political writings, (Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On the Social Contract), and the addition of Cress’ new translation of Rousseau's State of ?War. New footnotes, headnotes, and a chronology by David Wootton provide expert guidance to first-time readers of the texts.