El Contrato Social

by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Overview

One of the classic works of social contract theory, this detailed proposal concerns the origins of social organization and political community and a person’s own role within society. Rousseau’s writings had a clearly subversive character, as they rebelled against the European absolute monarchies. According to this political argument, sovereign towns could change their laws and governors at any time, while being able to modify their governmental organization and state constitution.

Una obra clásica de la teoría del contrato social, este proyecto detallado tiene que ver con el origen de la organización social y la comunidad política y el papel de una persona en sociedad. Las obras de Rousseau tuvieron un claro carácter subversivo, ya que se rebelaban contra las monarquías absolutas imperantes en Europa. Según este argumento político, el pueblo soberano podía cambiar las leyes o sus gobernantes en cualquier momento y modificar la forma de su organización gubernamental y la de la constitución del estado.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583487891
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Alba
Edition description:	Spanish Language Edition
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.05(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was the Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the French Revolution. His works include Discourse on Political Economy, Émile, and Pygmalion. Enrique López Castellón is a professor of ethics and the director of the philosophy department at the Autonomous University of Madrid.