Social Contract, Discourse on the Virtue Most Necessary for a Hero, Political Fragments, and Geneva Manuscript (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780874516463)

Contains the Social Contract, as well as the first English translation of Rousseau's early Discourse on the Virtue Most Necessary for a Hero, numerous previously untranslated political fragments, and the first draft of the Social Contract (the so-called Geneva Manuscript). By placing Rousseau's famous exposition of "political right" and the "general will" in the context of his preparatory drafts, the editors provide significant insight into the formation of one of the most important and influential works in Western political thought.

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ISBN-10: 0874516463
ISBN-13: 9780874516463
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1994
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.18w x 0.99d