Popular Sovereignty VS The Emperor is the State

Author: Li Pingou
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Publishing Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The absolute monarch of France, Louis XIV, said, "L'état, c'est moi" (I am the state), while the people who believed in Rousseau's doctrine said, "We are the state." Sovereignty belongs to the people, and only the people are the true masters of the state. This truth, as clear as daylight, only awakened people who had been lost in the mists of the divine right of kings for thousands of years with the publication of The Social Contract in 1762. It was not until more than a hundred years later that this book was introduced to China and translated as The Theory of the Social Contract. The translator deeply sighed and said, "How cruel it is for heaven to withhold The Theory of the Social Contract from our China!" This Interpretation provides a detailed analysis of The Social Contract from multiple perspectives, embodying the author's insights and experiences in studying Rousseau over nearly half a century.