by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140444391
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«A Discourse on Inequality» is the philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Penguin Classics in paperback, with 192 pages, in English.
Rousseau argues that the advance of civilization corrupts natural freedom and happiness by generating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and privilege. Organised society benefits the strongest, and constitutions that promise justice perpetuate the imbalance.
Translation, introduction and notes by Maurice Cranston. 1985 edition. Original French of 1755: «Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes».
Recommended for readers of political philosophy, social theory and the history of ideas.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.
