362 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 1994
The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right (French: Du contrat social; ou Principes du droit politique) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1755). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.
Franchement on en était pas loin. Même si ce retour à une discipline que j'ai toujours détesté était compliqué, j'ai au final assez apprécié ma lecture. Il faut d'abord passé au delà de la complexité du fond mais aussi de la forme. Mais après ce passage, on y découvre les notions de politiques et de gouvernement. De plus, le fait de voir une pensée dix-huitémiste et la comparer à notre politique et notre société actuelles est très intéressant.
Well written and not at all dense, yet poorly argued and, at times, outright ridiculous. This is not to say that some parts and certain concepts are not properly devised, merely that when it is all put together, the picture as a whole lacks logical coherence.
