Dimensions
129 x 197 x 34mm
Inspired by ancient Greek city states, Rousseau searched for a way in which states of his day could be equally representative.
Holding men in wretched subservience, feudalism - alongside religion - was a powerful force in the eighteenth century. Self-serving monarchic social systems, which collectively reduced common people to servitude, were now attacked by Enlightenment philosophers, of whom Rousseau was a leading light.
His masterpiece, 'The Social Contract', profoundly influenced the subsequent development of society and remains provocative in a modern age of continuing widespread vested interest.
This is the most comprehensive edition available, with introduction, notes, index and chronology of Rousseau's life and times.
