Rousseau: The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings
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A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract, and the extensive, late Considerations on the Government of Poland, as well as the important draft on 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…
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Key features
- Offers the most comprehensive anthology of Rousseau's political writings in up-to-date English translations, including the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract, Considerations on the Government of Poland and The Right of War
- The helpful introduction features extensive editorial notes, dates, names, and places, along with guides to further reading, compiled by a renowned Rousseau scholar
- The new edition features an expanded introduction, a new foreword and an extensive editorial apparatus
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316584606
- Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Subjects History,History of Ideas and Intellectual History,Politics and International Relations,Texts in Political Thought
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 20 December 2018
- ISBN: 9781107150812
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.67kg
- Page extent: 412 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 20 December 2018
- ISBN: 9781316605448
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.58kg
- Page extent: 412 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 20 December 2018
- ISBN: 9781316584606
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