Laurence Houlgate, "UNDERSTANDING JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: The Smart Student's Guide to The Social Contract "
English | ASIN : B096TJMQVB | 2021 | 267 pages | EPUB | 371 KB
English | ASIN : B096TJMQVB | 2021 | 267 pages | EPUB | 371 KB
There are only a few books that have made a significant change in political society. There are even fewer books that inspired a revolution. But in 1789, 11 years after his death, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract did just that. The Social Contract became the Bible of the French Revolution. From Rousseau’s opening words “Man is born free but is everywhere in chains” to his call for a government “by the people,” he risked his life and reputation by challenging the existing political order to return to the terms of the social contract and restore civil liberty.