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Title: The Social Contract
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Narrator: Neville Jason
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-27-15
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens. The thoughts contained in the work were instrumental to the advent of the American Revolution and became sacred to those leading the French Revolution.
With traces of Aristotle and echoes of Plato's Republic, The Social Contract is an exhilarating look at society and the definition of democracy.
New translation by Ian Johnston.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
came in handy
The Best Human Nature Book Ever Written.
There has never been a more readable book to explain
man's relationship with his animal nature. It should be
required reading in high school. But it was quietly banned
by "educators" who refuse to accept the fact that humans
have an animal nature.
Two Stars
It is missing the first chapter!
Five Stars
Excellent teaching aid
A must read for every college educated person
These books are pretty thin in volume, yet contain many profound ideas that propelled modern democracy to become the most common social order in the West. Although Rousseau famously states that a true democracy is possible only for nation of Gods and he would not characterize current democracies as such, it is worth of reading, given the clarity of his thoughts and few remarkable predictions - e.g. regarding Corsica and Russia.
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Title: The Social Contract
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Narrator: Neville Jason
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-27-15
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens. The thoughts contained in the work were instrumental to the advent of the American Revolution and became sacred to those leading the French Revolution.
With traces of Aristotle and echoes of Plato's Republic, The Social Contract is an exhilarating look at society and the definition of democracy.
New translation by Ian Johnston.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
came in handy
The Best Human Nature Book Ever Written.
There has never been a more readable book to explain
man's relationship with his animal nature. It should be
required reading in high school. But it was quietly banned
by "educators" who refuse to accept the fact that humans
have an animal nature.
Two Stars
It is missing the first chapter!
Five Stars
Excellent teaching aid
A must read for every college educated person
These books are pretty thin in volume, yet contain many profound ideas that propelled modern democracy to become the most common social order in the West. Although Rousseau famously states that a true democracy is possible only for nation of Gods and he would not characterize current democracies as such, it is worth of reading, given the clarity of his thoughts and few remarkable predictions - e.g. regarding Corsica and Russia.