Gateway to the Social Contract brings together a selection of writings from political theorists Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau exploring questions of political legitimacy and authority.

On the face of it, freedom and the state appear to be incompatible notions that can be set against each other in an easy antithesis on the terrain of socio-political…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

A Letter From Mr. Voltaire To M. Jean Jacques Rousseau is a book written by the renowned French philosopher and writer, Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire in 1766. The book…

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Bringing together critical assessments of the broad range of Rousseau’s thought, with a particular emphasis on his political theory, this collection includes translations of a number of influential interpretations of…

Studies of Rousseau generally concentrate on the social-theoretical rather than the institutional aspects of his thought. This work offers a complementary perspective, focusing on Rousseau’s problematic relationship to institutions and…

Series Editors: Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin; Robert Lecker, McGill University; David OConnell, Georgia State University; David William Foster, Arizona State University; Janet PA©rez, Texas Tech University.TWAYNES UNITED…