Table of Contents

Preface; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; A brief guide to further reading; A note on the texts; A note on the translations; A note on the editorial notes and index; Discourse on Political Economy; Of the Social Contract; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; From: Of the Social Contract or essay about the form of the Republic (known as the Geneva Manuscript): Book I, ch. 2 and Book II, ch. 4; Principles of the Right of War; Considerations on the Government of Poland; Selected Letters: Letter to D'Offreville; Letter to Usteri; Letter to Mirabeau; Letter to Franquières; List of abbreviations and textual conventions; Editorial notes; Index of editors, translators, and annotators; General index.

Promotional Information

The new edition of this comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings, in up-to-date English translations.

About the Author

Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Wesleyan University, Connecticut.