by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919659
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«El contrato social» is the essay on political philosophy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Espasa Calpe in paperback (170 pages, in Spanish).
Written in 1762, this classic of political thought reflects on the relationship between the individual and society and on the legitimacy of power. It describes a social pact that guarantees a just order and establishes liberty, equality and popular sovereignty as foundations of the State.
It belongs to the Austral Collection (number 165), with a prologue by Manuel Tuñón de Lara and a translation by Fernando de los Ríos.
For students and readers of philosophy or political science interested in the foundations of democratic thought.
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.
