The Body Politic

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Jacques Rousseau Klappentext 'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.' In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its people. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Zusammenfassung 'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.' In this selection from The Social Contract, the author asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its people.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Assisted by: Quintin Hoare (Translation), Hoare Quintin (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2016
• EAN: 9780241252017
• ISBN: 978-0-241-25201-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 160 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Englisch; Lektüre, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics and government, Political science and theory