The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Summary
Overview of The Social Contract
Rousseau's 1762 masterpiece challenged divine monarchy, arguing true power belongs to the people. This revolutionary text fueled both French and American revolutions, with Bertrand Russell acknowledging its profound impact on modern democracy. What social contract are you unknowingly bound by today?
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When Freedom Becomes Captivity
What if everything you believed about freedom was backward? Consider this: you wake up each day making countless "free" choices-what to eat, where to work, how to live-yet somehow feel increasingly trapped by forces beyond your control. Laws you never voted for govern your behavior. Economic systems you didn't design determine your opportunities. Political leaders you barely recognize make decisions affecting your life. How did we arrive at this strange condition where freedom and bondage coexist so intimately? This paradox haunted Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762, and it haunts us still. His opening salvo cuts through centuries: "Man is born free, yet everywhere he lives in chains." But here's the twist-Rousseau wasn't lamenting this condition. He was diagnosing it to find a cure. Unlike philosophers who justified authority through divine right or natural hierarchy, Rousseau asked a more radical question: could political authority ever be legitimate? His answer would reshape democracy itself, transforming how we understand the relationship between individual liberty and collective power.
The Problem with Power
The Radical Agreement
Beyond Majority Rule
The People's Power
Executing the Will
Preserving Political Life and the Call to Active Citizenship
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