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An Analysis of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract

By James Hill Copyright 2017

96 Pages

by Macat Library

96 Pages

by Macat Library

96 Pages

by Macat Library

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Description

Few people can claim to have had minds as fertile and creative as the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. One of the most influential political theorists of the modern age, he was also a composer and writer of opera, a novelist, and a memoirist whose Confessions ranks as one of the most striking works of autobiography ever written. Like many creative thinkers, Rousseau was someone whose... Read more

Table of Contents

Ways in to the Text

Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

What does The Social Contract Say?

Why does The Social Contract Matter?

Section 1: Influences

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context

Module 2: Academic Context

Module 3: The Problem

Module 4: The Author's Contribution

Section 2: Ideas

Module 5: Main Ideas

Module 6: Secondary Ideas

Module 7: Achievement

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work

Section 3: Impact

Module 9: The First Responses

Module 10: The Evolving Debate

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today

Module 12: Where Next?

Glossary of Terms

People Mentioned in the Text

Works Cited

Author(s)

Biography

James Hill did his postgraduate research in Political Economy at King's College London.

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