The Routledge Guidebook to Rousseau’s The Social Contract

Christopher Bertram (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-96024-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Rousseau's The Social Contract is a benchmark in political philosophy and has been one of the most influential works of moral and political thought since its publication in 1762. This comprehensive and accessible guidebook introduces and assesses:






Rousseau's life and the background of The Social Contract
The ideas and arguments of The Social Contract
Rousseau's continuing importance to politics and philosophy

The Routledge Guidebook to Rousseau’s The Social Contract will be essential reading for all students of philosophy and politics, and anyone approaching the work of Rousseau for the first time.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Rousseau the Man 2. Human Nature and Moral Psychology 3. Man is Born Free 4. False Theories of the Body Politic 5. The Social Pact and Property 6. Sovereignty and the General Will 7. The Lawgiver: Culture and Morality 8. Government and Sovereign 9. Civil Religion 10. The Social Contract in Retrospect Bibiography Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2020
• Reihe/Serie: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 129 x 198 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• ISBN-10: 1-138-96024-1 / 1138960241
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-96024-4 / 9781138960244
• Zustand: Neuware