Du contrat social
First published 1762
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*The Social Contract*, originally published as *On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right* (French: *Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique*), is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
The book theorizes about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which Rousseau had already identified in his *Discourse on Inequality* (1755).
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*The Social Contract* helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. *The Social Contract* argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.
(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/The_Social_Contract))
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Book information
- Author
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- First published
- 1762
- Edition
- The Social Contract
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Language
- ENG
- ISBN-13
- 9781857151626