Rousseau:The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings.
Rousseau:The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings.
- 2nd.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- xii, 346p ; 23cm ; pbk.
- Cambridge texts in the history of political thought .
Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau --A brief guide to further reading --A︣ note on the texts --A︣ note on the translations --A︣ note on the editorial notes and index --D︣iscourse on Political Economy --O︣f the Social Contract --B︣ook I --B︣ook II --B︣ook III --B︣ook IV --F︣rom: the early version of The Social Contract known as the Geneva Manuscript: Book I, ch. 2 and from Book II, ch. 4 --P︣rinciples of the right of war --C︣onsiderations on the Government of Poland --S︣elected Letters: Letter to D'Offreville --L︣etter to Usteri --L︣etter to Mirabeau --L︣etter to Franquieres --L︣ist of abbreviations and textual conventions --E︣ditorial notes --I︣ndex of editors, translators, and annotators --G︣eneral index.
"A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Discourse on Political Economy; The Social Contract; the extensive, late Considerations on the Government of Poland; as well as the important draft on 'Principles of the Right of War' and a selection of his letters on various aspects of his political thought. The Social Contract, Rousseau's most comprehensive political work - he called it a 'small treatise' - was condemned on publication by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France as well as in Geneva, and warrants for its author's arrest were issued. Rousseau was forced to flee and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works. This new edition features an expanded Introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts"-.
Translated from the original French.
Đ22.49 9781316605448
Social Contract
Political science
320.1 / GOU
Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau --A brief guide to further reading --A︣ note on the texts --A︣ note on the translations --A︣ note on the editorial notes and index --D︣iscourse on Political Economy --O︣f the Social Contract --B︣ook I --B︣ook II --B︣ook III --B︣ook IV --F︣rom: the early version of The Social Contract known as the Geneva Manuscript: Book I, ch. 2 and from Book II, ch. 4 --P︣rinciples of the right of war --C︣onsiderations on the Government of Poland --S︣elected Letters: Letter to D'Offreville --L︣etter to Usteri --L︣etter to Mirabeau --L︣etter to Franquieres --L︣ist of abbreviations and textual conventions --E︣ditorial notes --I︣ndex of editors, translators, and annotators --G︣eneral index.
"A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Discourse on Political Economy; The Social Contract; the extensive, late Considerations on the Government of Poland; as well as the important draft on 'Principles of the Right of War' and a selection of his letters on various aspects of his political thought. The Social Contract, Rousseau's most comprehensive political work - he called it a 'small treatise' - was condemned on publication by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France as well as in Geneva, and warrants for its author's arrest were issued. Rousseau was forced to flee and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works. This new edition features an expanded Introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts"-.
Translated from the original French.
Đ22.49 9781316605448
Social Contract
Political science
320.1 / GOU