Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and the Social Contract

by Christopher Bertram

Rousseau's Social Contract is a benchmark in political philosophy and has influenced moral and political thought since its publication. Rousseau and the Social Contract introduces and

*Rousseau's life and the background of the Social Contract *The ideas and arguments of the Social Contract *Rousseau's continuing importance to politics and philosophy

Rousseau and the Social Contract will be essential reading for all students of philosophy and politics, and anyone coming to Rousseau for the first time.

Genres: Philosophy

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2003

Reviews

[I-kai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I quite like it. Gets the job done. Explains why and where the text is difficult and clarifies. Sometimes resolves critiques of Rousseau too easily.

[Bay Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lucid and very sensible commentary on a difficult text.

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good explanation and exploration of Rousseau

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful little helper to Rousseau's great work of positive political philosophy. Bertram allows Rawls too much influence on his reading of Rousseau, but one can abstract from this, and the book is quite useful especially to teachers who want to figure out what some of the obscurer passages might mean and need a guide to the common interpretations on the table.

[Ethan Skipp · Rating 3 out of 5]

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