{"product_id":"of-the-social-contract-and-other-political-writings-by-jean-jacques-rousseau-9780141191751","title":"Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1762, \u003cem\u003eOf the Social Contract\u003c\/em\u003e has shaped political thinking. Viewed by some as a revolutionary statement of democratic freedoms and by others as a precursor of tyranny, it has guided and inspired activists from the.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Quintin Hoare\u003cbr\u003e\nWith a new introduction by Christopher Bertram\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000691900652,"sku":"9780141191751","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6719493482238.jpg?v=1763297761","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/of-the-social-contract-and-other-political-writings-by-jean-jacques-rousseau-9780141191751","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}