El contrato social

One of the classic works of social contract theory, this detailed proposal concerns the origins of social organization and political community and a person's own role within society. Rousseau's writings had a clearly subversive character, as they rebelled against the European absolute monarchies. According to this political argument, sovereign towns could change their laws and governors at any time, while being able to modify their governmental organization and state constitution. Una obra clasica de la teoria del contrato social, este proyecto detallado tiene que ver con el origen de la organizacion social y la comunidad politica y el papel de una persona en sociedad.Las obras de Rousseau tuvieron un claro caracter subversivo, ya que se rebelaban contra las monarquias absolutas imperantes en Europa. Segun este argumento politico, el pueblo soberano podia cambiar las leyes o sus gobernantes en cualquier momento y modificar la forma de su organizacion gubernamental y la de la constitucion del estado.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was the Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the French Revolution. His works include Discourse on Political Economy, Émile, and Pygmalion. Enrique López Castellón is a professor of ethics and the director of the philosophy department at the Autonomous University of Madrid.