Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction

by David Lay Williams

Book Overview

If the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a masterpiece. Within a week of its publication in 1762 it was banished from France. Soon thereafter, Rousseau fled to Geneva, where he saw the book burned in public. At the same time, many of his contemporaries, such as Kant, considered Rousseau to be 'the Newton of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521124441
• ISBN13: 9780521124447
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"