Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings

Name: Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings
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ISBN: 9780521424462

ISBN-10: 0521424461

ISBN-13: 9780521424462

Edition: 1997

Authors: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Gourevitch, Raymond Geuss, Quentin Skinner

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The Social Contract has become Rousseau's most famous single work, but on publication was condemned by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France and Geneva. This volume contains a comprehensive introduction to Rousseau's writings.

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Wesleyan University.



Preface


Introduction


Chronology


A brief guide to further reading


A note on the texts


A note on the translations


A note on the editorial notes


Discourse on Political Economy


Of the Social Contract














Extract from the early version of Of The Social Contract known as the Geneva Manuscript


The State of War


Considerations on the Government of Poland


Letter to D'Offreville


Letter to Usteri


Letter to Mirabeau


Letter to Franquieres


List of abbreviations and textual conventions


Editorial notes


Index of editors, translators and annotators


General index