Roussea's "The Social Contract"
Rousseau’s, “The Social Contract”, published in 1762 after the success of his of several of his previous works, became one of the most influential pieces of abstract political thought in Western tradition. Many historians have in fact argued that Rousseau’s abstract theories on the social contract, that lie at the basis of his treatise, were a direct cause for the French and American Revolutions. Rousseau’s “Social Contract”, directly criticizes and undermines the status quo of the old regime. Rousseau criticized the flaws in the existing regime, analyzing and undermining almost all aspects of the old regime, including the role of the monarchy and the aristocracy, the under appreciated role of the general population and the role of the church and religion as a whole and its position in society. In “The Social Contract”, Rousseau explains that the human invention of government as a kind of contract between the governed and the authorities that govern them. Rousseau contests that humans are born completely self-sufficient and self-governing; whereas social human beings are dependant and constrained. The rights and liberties that social human beings get are derived ultimately from a general social agreement. He theorizes that the
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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