On the Social Contract

Name: On the Social Contract
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By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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On the Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau explores the foundation of political legitimacy and the ideal form of government. This edition includes a revised translation by Donald A. Cress, enhanced with an introduction, footnotes, and a chronology by historian David Wootton, offering rich context on Enlightenment thought.
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Essential reading for students and enthusiasts of political philosophy, Enlightenment history, and social theory.

On the Social Contract

This new edition features a revision by Donald A. Cress of his bestselling 1987 translation of On the Social Contract t ogether with Introduction, footnotes, and chronology by David Wootton, one of our leading historians of the Enlightenment.

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This new edition features a revision by Donald A. Cress of his bestselling 1987 translation of On the Social Contract, together with an introduction, footnotes, and chronology by David Wootton, one of our leading historians of the Enlightenment.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781624667855

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 March 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Edition: 2nd Edition

Illustration: none

Contributors:

Translated by Donald A. Cress
Introduction and notes by David Wootton
Translated by Donald A. Cress

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 176

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Education & Reference Jean-Jacques Rousseau Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Donald A. Cressis Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of WisconsinParkside. His translations include Rousseau's The Basic Political Writings, Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, and Descartes' Discourse on Method-all published by Hackett.

David Woottonis Anniversary Professor of History, University of York. His translations of Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings, More's Utopia, and Voltaire's Candide-as well as his Divine Right and Democracy: An Anthology of Political Writing in Stuart England, his edition of Locke: Political Writings, and his The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers-are also available from Hackett. He is also the author of Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison (Harvard University Press).