On the Origin of Inequality

Name: On the Origin of Inequality
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ISBN: 9781596055483

ISBN-10: 1596055480

ISBN-13: 9781596055483

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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If we look at human society with a calm and disinterested eye, it seems, at first, to show us only the violence of the powerful and the oppression of the weak. The mind is shocked at the cruelty of the one, or is induced to lament the blindness of the other... -from the Preface Are such concepts of race, class, and wealth inherent to the human condition, or are they results of the development of "civilization"? One of the most important thinkers of the Enlightenment, which laid the groundwork for the modern mind-set, argues that it is only with the creation of agriculture and urban society that inequalities formed. Controversy swirls around the text-some of today's thinkers continue to…

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Publisher: Cosimo, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback