by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423920082
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«Contrato Social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Espasa Calpe in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
In this seminal work of political philosophy, Rousseau argues that the legitimacy of the state arises from a pact freely agreed upon by citizens. He maintains that sovereignty resides in the people and that government is just only when it expresses the general will, as opposed to the mere imposition of the strongest.
Part of the Selecciones Austral collection, with a prologue by Manuel Tuñón de Lara and a translation by Fernando de los Ríos.
Reference reading for students of law and political science, as well as for those approaching the classics of Enlightenment thought.
