{"product_id":"the-essential-rousseau-isbn-9780452010314","title":"The Essential Rousseau","description":"With splendid new translations, these four major works offer a superlative introduction to a great social philosopher whose ideas helped spark a revolution that has still not ended.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Can individual freedom and social stability be reconciled?\u003cbr\u003e What is the function of government?\u003cbr\u003e What are the benefits and liabilities of civilization?\u003cbr\u003e What is the original nature of man, and how can he most fully realize his potential?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These were the questions that Jean-Jacques Rousseau investigated in works that helped set the stage for the French Revolution and have since stood as eloquent expressions of revolutionary views, not only in politics but also in such areas as personal lifestyles and educational practices. Rousseau’s concepts of the natural goodness of man, the corrupting influence of social institutions, and the right and the power of the people to overthrow their oppressors and create new and more responsive forms of government and society are as richly relevant today as they were in eighteenth-century France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Includes:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on the Arts and Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Creed of a Savoyard Priest” (from \u003ci\u003eEmile\u003c\/i\u003e)The Essential RousseauIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Social Contract\u003cbr\u003eDiscourse on Inequality\u003cbr\u003eDiscourse on the Arts and Sciences\u003cbr\u003eThe Creed of a Savoyard Priest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cb\u003eBook I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Subject of This First Book\u003cbr\u003eII. The First Societies\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Right of the Strongest\u003cbr\u003eIV. Slavery\u003cbr\u003eV. We Must Always Go Back to a First Agreement\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Social Pact\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Sovereign\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Civil State\u003cbr\u003eIX. Real Property\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Sovereignty Is Inalienable\u003cbr\u003eII. Sovereignty Is Indivisible\u003cbr\u003eIII. Whether the General Will Can Err\u003cbr\u003eIV. Limits of the Sovereign Power\u003cbr\u003eV. The Right of Life and Death\u003cbr\u003eVI. Law\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Lawgiver\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The People\u003cbr\u003eIX. The People (continued)\u003cbr\u003eX. The People (continued)\u003cbr\u003eXI. Various Systems of Law\u003cbr\u003eXII. Classification of Laws\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Government in General\u003cbr\u003eII. The Constitutive Principle of the Various Forms of Government\u003cbr\u003eIII. Classification of Governments\u003cbr\u003eIV. Democracy\u003cbr\u003eV. Aristocracy\u003cbr\u003eVI. Monarchy\u003cbr\u003eVII. Mixed Governments\u003cbr\u003eVIII. All Forms of Government Do Not Suit All Countries\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Signs of a Good Government\u003cbr\u003eX. The Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Death of the Body Politic\u003cbr\u003eXII. How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself\u003cbr\u003eXIII. How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself (continued)\u003cbr\u003eXIV. How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself (continued)\u003cbr\u003eXV. Deputies or Representatives\u003cbr\u003eXVI. The Institution of the Government Is Not a Contract\u003cbr\u003eXVII. The Institution of the Government\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. The Means of Preventing Usurpation of the Government\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The General Will Is Indestructible\u003cbr\u003eII. Voting\u003cbr\u003eIII. Elections\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Roman Public Assemblies\u003cbr\u003eV. The Tribunate\u003cbr\u003eVI. Dictatorship\u003cbr\u003eVII. Censorship\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Civil Religion\u003cbr\u003eIX. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302843076837,"sku":"NP9780452010314","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452010314.jpg?v=1767739220","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-essential-rousseau-isbn-9780452010314","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}