《Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings》是2012年12月24日Penguin Classics出版的圖書，作者是Jean-Jacques Rousseau。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings
- 作者：Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 譯者：Quintin Hoare
- 出版社：Penguin Classics
- 出版時間：2012年12月24日
- 頁數：192 頁
- ISBN：9780141191751
內容簡介
'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains'. These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract' that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles. This title is translated by Quintin Hoare and is presented with a new introduction by Christopher Bertram.
