by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Círculo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467259063
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«El contrato social» is the treatise on political philosophy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
Treatise on political philosophy in which Rousseau starts from the premise that the human being is born free and explains how societies are organized through a collective pact. The author argues that sovereignty resides in the people and that legitimate government must seek the common good, questioning the structures of his time and proposing a fairer political order.
This edition belongs to the Great Ideas collection by Círculo de Lectores. The work was originally published in 1762.
For philosophy readers interested in the classics of political thought and the foundations of popular sovereignty.
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.
