The Body Politic - Penguin Little Black Classics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (author), Quintin Hoare (translator), Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paperback (03 Mar 2016)


Categories: Social & Political Philosophy Politics & Government Political Science & Theory


Publishers Synopsis

No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.

In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a states only legitimate political authority comes from its people.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.


Book information

ISBN: 9780241252017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date: 03 Mar 2016
DEWEY: 194
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 111
Weight: 100g
Height: 161mm
Width: 112mm
Spine width: 11mm