{"product_id":"the-social-contract","title":"The Social Contract","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir debate since its 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated and Introduced by Maurice Cranston\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153382006963,"sku":"9780140442014","price":480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/6120MVjJ9zL.jpg?v=1764184538","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-social-contract","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}