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Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Marc-Michel Rey · 1762

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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EstablishedSocial contract theories ground political authority in agreement or hypothetical consent; Hobbes (1651), Locke (1689), Rousseau (1762) and Rawls (1971) are canonical versions that differ on what is agreed, by whom, and why.