Disambiguation evidence for Book I via surface form
"Book I (The Social Contract)"
As subject (40)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label "Book I (The Social Contract)".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| arguesThat | force does not create right ⓘ |
| arguesThat | no man has natural authority over his fellow men ⓘ |
| arguesThat | political authority must be founded on convention ⓘ |
| arguesThat | slavery is illegitimate ⓘ |
| arguesThat | the social contract can reconcile freedom with political obligation ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| contains | Rousseau’s famous formulation that man is born free and everywhere he is in chains ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| criticizes | patriarchal theories of political power ⓘ |
| criticizes | the idea that might makes right ⓘ |
| criticizes | theories that justify absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| definesConcept | general will (in preliminary form) ⓘ |
| definesConcept | legitimate authority ⓘ |
| definesConcept | social pact ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 18th-century Enlightenment political thought ⓘ |
| influenced | later democratic and republican theory ⓘ |
| influenced | modern discussions of political legitimacy ⓘ |
| instanceOf | book section ⓘ |
| instanceOf | part of philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| introducesIdea | citizens gain civil freedom in exchange for natural freedom ⓘ |
| introducesIdea | each individual alienates himself totally to the whole community ⓘ |
| introducesIdea | the body politic is formed by the social pact ⓘ |
| introducesIdea | the sovereign is the collective body of citizens ⓘ |
| laysGroundworkFor | Rousseau’s theory of legitimate political authority ⓘ |
| laysGroundworkFor | the concept of the social pact ⓘ |
| mainTheme | critique of patriarchal and despotic power ⓘ |
| mainTheme | freedom and obedience ⓘ |
| mainTheme | legitimacy of political authority ⓘ |
| mainTheme | rejection of slavery as a basis of political authority ⓘ |
| mainTheme | social contract ⓘ |
| openingSectionOf | The Social Contract ⓘ |
| originalPublicationOfWholeWork | 1762 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Social Contract ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline | political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | social contract theory ⓘ |
| purpose | to establish the conditions under which political authority is legitimate ⓘ |
| purpose | to explain how individuals can remain free under a political order ⓘ |
| setsUpFor |
The Social Contract
ⓘ
surface form:
Book II (The Social Contract)
|
| workLanguage | French ⓘ |
| workTitle |
The Social Contract
ⓘ
surface form:
Du contrat social, Livre I
|