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The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings

The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings - Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

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Publisher's Synopsis

The work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is presented in two volumes, together forming the most comprehensive anthology of Rousseau's political writings in English. Volume II contains the later writings such as The Social Contract and a selection of Rousseau's letters on important aspects of his thought. The Social Contract has become Rousseau's most famous single work, but on publication was condemned by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France and Geneva. Rousseau fled and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works as well as political essays such as On the Government of Poland. This 1997 volume, like its predecessor, contains a comprehensive introduction, chronology and guide to further reading, and will enable students to obtain a full understanding of the writings of one of the world's greatest thinkers.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521424462
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.01
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 54g
Height: 214mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 24mm