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Social Contract

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The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized and administered. Rousseau sets forth, in his characteristically brazen and iconoclastic manner, the case for direct democracy, while simultaneously casting every other form of government as illegitimate and tantamount to slavery. Often hailed as a revolutionary document which sparked the French Revolution, The Social Contract serves both to inculcate dissatisfaction with actually-existing governments and to allow its readers to envision and desire a radically different form of political and social organization. (Summary by Eric Jonas)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
1-01-Subject of the First Book
01:40
Chapter 2
1-02-Primitive Societies
04:33
Chapter 3
1-03-The Right of the Strongest
02:44
Chapter 4
1-04-Slavery
10:28
Chapter 5
1-05-That it is always necessary to go back to a first convention
02:33
Chapter 6
1-06-The Social Pact
05:23
Chapter 7
1-07-The Sovereign
05:50
Chapter 8
1-08-The Civil State
03:15
Chapter 9
1-09-Real Property
07:36
Chapter 10
2-01-That Sovereignty is inalienable
03:08
Chapter 11
2-02-That Soverignty is indivisible
04:43
Chapter 12
2-03-Whether the General Will can ere
02:58
Chapter 13
2-04-The limits of the sovereign power
08:49
Chapter 14
2-05-The right of Life and Death
05:15
Chapter 15
2-06-The Law
07:51
Chapter 16
2-07-The Legislator
08:32
Chapter 17
2-08-The People
05:32
Chapter 18
2-09-The People (continued)
06:11
Chapter 19
2-10-The People (continued)
07:22
Chapter 20
2-11-The Different Systems of legislation
04:09
Chapter 21
2-12-Division of the Laws
03:10
Chapter 22
3-01-Government in general
15:20
Chapter 23
3-02-The Principle which constitutes the different forms of Government
07:34
Chapter 24
3-03-Classification of Governments
03:22
Chapter 25
3-04-Democracy
04:48
Chapter 26
3-05-Arisctocracy
04:49
Chapter 27
3-06-Monarchy
12:43
Chapter 28
3-07-Mixed Governments
02:43
Chapter 29
3-08-That every form of government is not fit for every country
11:56
Chapter 30
3-09-The Marks of a good Government
02:54
Chapter 31
3-10-The Abuse of the Government and its tendency to degenerate
04:48
Chapter 32
3-11-The Dissolution of the Body Politic
03:06
Chapter 33
3-12-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained
02:26
Chapter 34
3-13-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued)
03:37
Chapter 35
3-14-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued)
02:00
Chapter 36
3-15-Deputies or Representatives
07:36
Chapter 37
3-16-That the Institution of the Government is not a contract
02:51
Chapter 38
3-17-The Institution of the Government
02:44
Chapter 39
3-18-Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government
04:33
Chapter 40
4-01-That the General Will is indestructible
04:54
Chapter 41
4-02-Voting
06:20
Chapter 42
4-03-Elections
04:31
Chapter 43
4-04-The Roman Comitia
21:51
Chapter 44
4-05-The Tribuneship
04:06
Chapter 45
4-06-The Dictatorship
06:06
Chapter 46
4-07-The Censorship
03:47
Chapter 47
4-08-Civil Religion
22:33
Chapter 48
4-09-Conclusion
01:07

Social Contract

Chapters

1-01-Subject of the First Book

1-02-Primitive Societies

1-03-The Right of the Strongest

1-04-Slavery

1-05-That it is always necessary to go back to a first convention

1-06-The Social Pact

1-07-The Sovereign

1-08-The Civil State

1-09-Real Property

2-01-That Sovereignty is inalienable

2-02-That Soverignty is indivisible

2-03-Whether the General Will can ere

2-04-The limits of the sovereign power

2-05-The right of Life and Death

2-06-The Law

2-07-The Legislator

2-08-The People

2-09-The People (continued)

2-10-The People (continued)

2-11-The Different Systems of legislation

2-12-Division of the Laws

3-01-Government in general

3-02-The Principle which constitutes the different forms of Government

3-03-Classification of Governments

3-04-Democracy

3-05-Arisctocracy

3-06-Monarchy

3-07-Mixed Governments

3-08-That every form of government is not fit for every country

3-09-The Marks of a good Government

3-10-The Abuse of the Government and its tendency to degenerate

3-11-The Dissolution of the Body Politic

3-12-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained

3-13-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued)

3-14-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued)

3-15-Deputies or Representatives

3-16-That the Institution of the Government is not a contract

3-17-The Institution of the Government

3-18-Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government

4-01-That the General Will is indestructible

4-02-Voting

4-03-Elections

4-04-The Roman Comitia

4-05-The Tribuneship

4-06-The Dictatorship

4-07-The Censorship

4-08-Civil Religion

4-09-Conclusion