On the social contract, with Geneva manuscript and Political economy / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited by Roger D. Masters ; translated by Judith R. Masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Contributor:

Masters, Roger D.

Masters, Judith R.

Standardized Title:

Contrat social. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Social contract.

Physical Description:

viii, 245 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

On the social contract.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [1978]

Summary:

This critical edition of Rousseau's most important work offers the definitive modern translation of the work itself and complete translations of its two predecessors, Political Economy and the Geneva Manuscript. It includes an extensive introduction and notes that provide interpretive and biographical information and clarify many previously obscure references in the text.

Notes:

Translation of Contrat social and discours sur l'oeconomie politique.

The Geneva manuscript is the first draft of the Social contract.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Discours sur l'oeconomie politique. English. 1978.

ISBN:

0312694458 :

0312694466

OCLC:

3829653