{"product_id":"social-contract-6","title":"Social Contract","description":"\u003cp\u003e''Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir debate since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or ''social contract'', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated and Introduced by Maurice Cranston\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320264925566,"sku":"NW9780140442014","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780140442014.jpg?v=1778236562","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/social-contract-6","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}