Rousseau and the Social Contract
Keywords:
Enlightenment philosophy, Rousseau, Social Contract, society, general will, sovereignty, democracyAbstract
The article analyses such key statements of Rousseau's Social Contract theory as sovereignty, general will, act of sovereignty. It contains the explaination why according to Rousseau the second proper contract needs to be set up. The author also pays attention to the movement from the top downward (from legal parties) and from the bottom upward (from the voice of society — Öffentlichkeit), which makes democracy stronger.
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Published
2013-04-08
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J.-J. ROUSSEAU’S 300th ANNIVERSARY
How to Cite
Rousseau and the Social Contract . (2013). History of Philosophy Yearbook Istoriko-Filosofskii Ezhegodnik, 27, 177–191. https://ife.iphras.ru/article/view/7145