Book IV
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Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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book section
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citizens must participate in assemblies
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civil religion is necessary to support the social order → large states face difficulties in maintaining republican liberty → sovereignty is inalienable → sovereignty is indivisible → the general will cannot be represented → |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The Social Contract
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chapter on censorship
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chapter on civil religion → chapter on dictatorship → chapter on elections → chapter on the Roman comitia → chapter on the general will and voting → chapter on the tribunate → |
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assemblies
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censorship → civil profession of faith → civil religion → dictatorship as an emergency institution → elections → functioning of the state → governmental institutions → laws and legislation → legitimate political community → popular sovereignty → religion and politics → religion of man → religion of the citizen → religion of the priest → sovereignty → the Roman model of politics → the general will → the tribunate → |
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concepts of civil religion in political thought
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modern political theory of democracy → republican theory of sovereignty → |
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French
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The Social Contract
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social contract theory
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1762
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political philosophy
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The Social Contract
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