On the Social Contract, By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Audiobook Online

On the Social Contract

• By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Narrated by: Erik Sandval

“Man is born free, but everywhere he is chained.” Thus began Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential 1762 work, On the Social Contract, an important milestone in political science and an essential document for students of history, philosophy, and science. social studies. A progressive work, it inspired political reforms worldwide, most notably the American and French Revolutions, because it argued that kings were not divinely empowered. to legislate. Rousseau asserted that only the people, in the form of sovereignty, had full power.

The attraction and influence of the Social Contract is increasingly widespread and continuous. It has been called a greeting to democracy and, at the same time, the blueprint for totalitarianism. Individualists, collectivists, anarchists, and socialists all drew courage from Rousseau’s controversial masterpiece.

This is a really great book and a must read for anyone interested in studying political theory, the history of Western philosophy, the founding of America, or Constitutional Law. This masterpiece by Jean-Jacques Rousseau has influenced many leading thinkers.

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