A Discourse on Inequality (Penguin Classics)

A Discourse on Inequality (Penguin Classics)

In A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts manâ€™s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal to his fellows, Rousseau believed that as societies become more sophisticated, the strongest and most intelligent members of the community gain an unnatural advantage over their weaker brethren, and that constitutions set up to rectify these imbalances through peace and justice in fact do nothing but perpetuate them. Rousseauâ€™s political and social arguments in the Discourse were a hugely influential denunciation of the social conditions of his time and one of the most revolutionary documents of the eighteenth-century.

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Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140444391
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1985-02-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140444391

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780140444391
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1985-02-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140444391

A Discourse on Inequality (Penguin Classics)

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