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The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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 radica...

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Jan 2, 2026

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Episodes

1-01 – Subject of the First Book 02.01.2026

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1-04 – Slavery 01.01.2026

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3-01 – Government in General 31.12.2025

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3-06 – Monarchy 30.12.2025

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3-08 – That every form of government is not fit for every country 29.12.2025

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3-16 – That the Institution of the Government is not a contract 28.12.2025

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4-04 – The Roman Comitia 27.12.2025

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4-08 – Civil Religion 26.12.2025

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