An Analysis of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's the Social Contract

ISBN-13: 9781912303458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 96 str.

Hill, James

Opis

Rousseau's famous work sets out the radical concept of the `social contract': a give-and-take relationship between individual freedom and social order. If people are free to do as they like, governed only by their own sense of justice, they are also vulnerable to chaos and violence.

Spis treści

Ways in to the Text  Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?  What does The Social Contract Say?  Why does The Social Contract Matter?  Section 1: Influences  Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  Module 2: Academic Context  Module 3: The Problem  Module 4: The Author's Contribution  Section 2: Ideas  Module 5: Main Ideas  Module 6: Secondary Ideas  Module 7: Achievement  Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  Section 3: Impact  Module 9: The First Responses  Module 10: The Evolving Debate  Module 11: Impact and Influence Today  Module 12: Where Next?  Glossary of Terms  People Mentioned in the Text  Works Cited

O autorze

James Hill did his postgraduate research in Political Economy at King's College London.