Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes · Early Modern · Political philosophy
Enlightenment · Political philosophy
The Social Contract
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau asks how people can remain free under political authority and locates sovereignty in the collective general will.
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- Date
- 1762
- Origin
- Geneva / France
- Genre
- Political philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Rousseau asks how people can remain free under political authority and locates sovereignty in the collective general will.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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