"Social Contract" and Other Late Political Essays

Author: Rousseau
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The Cambridge History of Political Thought series, edited by Raymond Geuss, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge; Quentin Skinner, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. In the field of political theory, "The Cambridge History of Political Thought" series has firmly established itself as a primary textbook series for students. This series aims to enable students to access all the most important original works in the history of Western political thought from ancient Greece to the early 20th century. It includes all the famous classic works but, at the same time, expands the traditional scope of evaluation to include a wide range of less well-known works. Many of these works had never been available in modern English editions before. Whenever possible, the selected original works are published in their complete and unabbreviated form, with translations