The Basic Political Writings, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald A. Cross, David Wootton

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 313
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of Rousseau's most important political writings, and the addition of Cress' new translation of Rousseau's State of War. New footnotes, headnotes, and a chronology by David Wootton provide expert guidance to first-time readers of the texts.

✦ Table of Contents

Translator’s Note vii
Introduction ix
Suggestions for Further Reading xxxv
Chronology xxxvi
Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts 1
Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men 27
Rousseau’s Notes to Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men 93
Discourse on Political Economy 121
On the Social Contract 153
Book I 156
Book IT 170
Book III 191
Book IV 224
The State of War 253
Index 266

✦ Subjects

politics, political theory, Rousseau, social contract, inequality

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