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The social contract

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-17782004
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Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power.
Main title:
The social contract / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated Maurice Cranston.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
167 p. ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This translation originally published: 1968.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780141018881 (pbk)
Dewey class:
194
LC class:
JC179
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
1460916
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