by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080710581
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«Du contrat social» is the political philosophy essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Flammarion in paperback (258 pages, in French).
Rousseau argues that the legitimacy of power arises from a pact among free and equal individuals and that sovereignty resides in the people, embodied in the general will. The work analyses how law and institutions can protect civil liberty and the common interest against particular interests.
Introduction, notes, bibliography and chronology by Bruno Bernardi. Work originally published in 1762. GF Flammarion collection.
For students of philosophy and political science, as well as readers 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.
