The Social Contract
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(4,094 Sterne; 106 Bewertungen)
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) (4 hr 46 min)
Chapters
3-02-The Principle which constitutes the different forms of Government
7:34
Read by Christian Al-Kadi
Bewertungen
An intriguing argument and a decent recording
NSA
(5 Sterne)
I found Rousseau's argument quite compelling. I also found most readers familiar with the presentation style typical of this kind of work.
Amazing readers
random reader
(4,5 Sterne)
The readers were very easy to understand.
Smoke
(1,5 Sterne)
Thick accent of the reader makes this difficult to follow
Fundamentally flawed
Dr. Ray Cyst
(5 Sterne)
Government is not here to support the people. Government needs to oppress its constituents to ensure they are always thinking inclusive, gender affirming thoughts. How can marginalized people have a place in society unless we have an all powerful predatory Government that punishes people for being insufficiently inclusive. Government exists to gain more power by pretending to protect the underprivileged minorities. A government by the people and for the people is an anathema to all do good nick rich billionair oligarchs who make their fortunes providing subsided housing and phones to disenfranchised poor folks
A follow up title on Thomas Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan’
Amoni Kitooke
(5 Sterne)
A really interesting read, innovatively read and recorded by several readers - a good contrast good for the ears. I enjoyed it, THANK YOU.
Matthew ferrari
(5 Sterne)
very informative, look at the political situation and signaling in the media today and most of the negative affects written of a declining state are manifest
it's great
Nick Sieben
(5 Sterne)
always good to read in historical texts, the similarities of today, restores sanity into my life
(1 Sterne)
Second reader unlistenable. Switched to a YouTube video.