书名：Rousseau-On the Social Contract

卢梭：社会契约论

作者： Jean-JacquesRousseau

出版社名称：Dover Publications Inc..

出版时间：2003

语种：英语

ISBN：9780486426921

商品尺寸：13.3 x 0.8 x 21.4c

包装：平装 世界思想史上重要的古典文献之一

对世界历史进程和政治科学理论影响深远

历史政治社科类学生的必读书目

《社会契约论》写成于1762年，其中主权在民的思想，是现代民主制度的基石，深刻地影响了逐步废除欧洲君主权力的运动，以及18世纪末北美殖民地摆脱英帝国统治、建立民主制度的斗争。美国的《独立宣言》和法国的《人权宣言》及两国的宪法均体现了《社会契约论》的民主思想。

"Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others, and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don't know. How may the restraints on man become legitimate? I do believe I can answer that question…"

Thus begins Rousseau's influential 1762 work, Du Contract Social. Arguing that all government is fundamentally flawed, and that modern society is based on a system that fosters inequality and servitude, Rousseau demands nothing less than a complete revision of the social contract to ensure equality and freedom.

Noting that government derives its authority by the people's willing consent (rather than the authorization of God), Rousseau posits that a good government can justify its need for individual compromises, rewarding its citizens with "civil liberty and the proprietorship of all he possesses." The controversial philosopher further suggests that promoting social settings in which people transcend their immediate appetites and desires lead to the development of self-governing, self-disciplined beings.

A milestone of political science, these essays introduced the inflammatory ideas that led to the chaos of the French Revolution, and are considered essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and other social sciences.

Reprint of the G. D. H. Cole translation.

让·雅克·卢梭（Jean-Jacques Rousseau，1712年—1778年）

18世纪法国启蒙思想家、哲学家、教育家，法国大革命的思想先驱，启蒙运动的代表人物之一，被誉为“现代民主政体之父”。卢梭坚持社会契约论；强调自由平等，反对压迫；提出“天赋人权”，反对专制、暴政。其代表作有：《论人类不平等的起源和基础》、 《社会契约论》、《爱弥儿》、《忏悔录》等。

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