TY  - GEN
AU  - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
TI  - Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings
SN  - 9780141191751
U1  - 320.1 ROU 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books 
KW  - Political science
KW  - Social contract
N2  - “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” are the famous opening words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract, a work of political philosophy that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to sovereignty, Rousseau argues instead for a pact—a “social contract”—that should exist among all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of governing power. From this premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles
ER  -