{"product_id":"9780140442014-secondhand-the-social-contract","title":"The Social Contract","description":"Penguin Classics relaunch\n\n'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains'\n\nThese are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first 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.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182044332251,"sku":"9780140442014-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c23341bf-4d57-418e-a90c-9098a7650ff3.jpg?v=1751975577","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780140442014-secondhand-the-social-contract","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}