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On the Social Contract audiobook
- By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrator: Erik Sandvold
- Length: 5 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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On the Social Contract Audiobook Summary
“Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential 1762 work, On the Social Contract, a milestone of political science and essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and social science. A progressive work, it inspired worldwide political reforms, most notably the American and French Revolutions, because it argued that monarchs were not divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, in the form of the sovereign, have that all-powerful right. On the Social Contract‘s appeal and influence has been wide-ranging and continuous. It has been called an encomium to democracy and, at the same time, a blueprint for totalitarianism. Individualists, collectivists, anarchists, and socialists have all taken courage from Rousseau’s controversial masterpiece.
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On the Social Contract Audiobook Narrator
Erik Sandvold is the narrator of On the Social Contract audiobook that was written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Erik Sandvold, award-winning actor and narrator, graduated with honors from Northwestern University’s theater department. His wide-ranging résumé includes major roles with leading theater companies in Colorado; over thirty national, regional, and local television commercials; many short and feature-length films; and the narration of over five hundred books and countless magazine articles for the Library of Congress.
About the Author(s) of On the Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the author of On the Social Contract
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On the Social Contract Full Details
| Narrator | Erik Sandvold |
| Length | 5 hours 1 minutes |
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 25, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781481553230 |
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The publisher of the On the Social Contract is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Philosophy, General
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The publisher of the On the Social Contract is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781481553230.
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