by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423987160
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«Contrato social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (170 pages, in Spanish).
Rousseau argues that political authority is only legitimate when it arises from a free pact among equals. Sovereignty resides in the people, who express their general will through laws, and the government remains an administrator subordinate to the common good.
The original text was published in 1762 as «Du contrat social». This 1998 edition is part of the Centenary Collection, with a translation by Fernando de los Ríos and a foreword by Manuel Tuñón de Lara.
For readers of political philosophy and for students who want to understand the theoretical foundations of the modern state and Enlightenment 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.
