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The Social Contract
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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Christopher Betts
Sales Rank: 39292
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition March 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0192835971
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0192835970
Book Dimensions:
7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 6.4 ounces
The Wall Street Journal
Great Ideas is the right name for these slim, elegant paperbacks They are written with precision, force, and care.
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Product Review
Great Ideas is the right name for these slim, elegant paperbacks They are written with precision, force, and care. (The Wall Street Journal) Penguin Books hopes to provide an economical remedy for time-pressed readers in search of intellectual sustenance. (USA Today)
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Paperback
edition.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Social Contract (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
Rousseau's treatise on the nature of people and their government has left a lasting imprint on political discourse. Though at times passionate and persuasive, most of the short book was simply too vague for Rousseau's semantic games to be indisputable, and sometimes even comprehensible. Some of his ideas are simply wrong, such as the "noble savage", while others quite clearly debatable, such as the social contract itself. I, for one, would fear to live in Rousseau's ideal world, where every right I have is only mine so long as the majority (who never can be wrong) wills it. Whether you agree with him or not, plowing through Rousseau's 150 pages is a necessity for anyone who wants to carry on high-level political discourse.
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