The Social Contract


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(4.1 stars; 124 reviews)

The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized and administered. Rousseau sets forth, in his characteristically brazen and iconoclastic manner, the case for direct democracy, while simultaneously casting every other form of government as illegitimate and tantamount to slavery. Often hailed as a revolutionary document which sparked the French Revolution, The Social Contract serves both to inculcate dissatisfaction with actually-existing governments and to allow its readers to envision and desire a radically different form of political and social organization. (Summary by Eric Jonas) (4 hr 46 min)

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1-01-Subject of the First Book 1:40 Gelesen von Diana Majlinger
1-02-Primitive Societies 4:33 Gelesen von Neeru Iyer
1-03-The Right of the Strongest 2:44 Gelesen von Neeru Iyer
1-04-Slavery 10:28 Gelesen von Rex Koontz
1-05-That it is always necessary to go back to a first convention 2:33 Gelesen von Justin Tovar
1-06-The Social Pact 5:23 Gelesen von Justin Tovar
1-07-The Sovereign 5:50 Gelesen von Christian Al-Kadi
1-08-The Civil State 3:15 Gelesen von Christian Al-Kadi
1-09-Real Property 7:36 Gelesen von Christian Al-Kadi
2-01-That Sovereignty is inalienable 3:08 Gelesen von Sienna
2-02-That Soverignty is indivisible 4:43 Gelesen von Sienna
2-03-Whether the General Will can ere 2:58 Gelesen von Sienna
2-04-The limits of the sovereign power 8:49 Gelesen von Sienna
2-05-The right of Life and Death 5:15 Gelesen von Availle
2-06-The Law 7:51 Gelesen von Patrick Wells
2-07-The Legislator 8:32 Gelesen von Anna Simon
2-08-The People 5:32 Gelesen von Ezwa
2-09-The People (continued) 6:11 Gelesen von Ezwa
2-10-The People (continued) 7:22 Gelesen von Ezwa
2-11-The Different Systems of legislation 4:09 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins
2-12-Division of the Laws 3:10 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins
3-01-Government in general 15:20 Gelesen von Christian Al-Kadi
3-02-The Principle which constitutes the different forms of Government 7:34 Gelesen von Christian Al-Kadi
3-03-Classification of Governments 3:22 Gelesen von Anna Simon
3-04-Democracy 4:48 Gelesen von Anna Simon
3-05-Arisctocracy 4:49 Gelesen von Anna Simon
3-06-Monarchy 12:43 Gelesen von Anna Simon
3-07-Mixed Governments 2:43 Gelesen von Sienna
3-08-That every form of government is not fit for every country 11:56 Gelesen von Sienna
3-09-The Marks of a good Government 2:54 Gelesen von Sienna
3-10-The Abuse of the Government and its tendency to degenerate 4:48 Gelesen von Sienna
3-11-The Dissolution of the Body Politic 3:06 Gelesen von Sienna
3-12-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained 2:26 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-13-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued) 3:37 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-14-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued) 2:00 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-15-Deputies or Representatives 7:36 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-16-That the Institution of the Government is not a contract 2:51 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-17-The Institution of the Government 2:44 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
3-18-Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government 4:33 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
4-01-That the General Will is indestructible 4:54 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
4-02-Voting 6:20 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
4-03-Elections 4:31 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
4-04-The Roman Comitia 21:51 Gelesen von Rex Koontz
4-05-The Tribuneship 4:06 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins
4-06-The Dictatorship 6:06 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins
4-07-The Censorship 3:47 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins
4-08-Civil Religion 22:33 Gelesen von Rex Koontz
4-09-Conclusion 1:07 Gelesen von Daniel Watkins

Bewertungen

An intriguing argument and a decent recording


(5 stars)

I found Rousseau's argument quite compelling. I also found most readers familiar with the presentation style typical of this kind of work.

Amazing readers


(4.5 stars)

The readers were very easy to understand.


(1.5 stars)

Thick accent of the reader makes this difficult to follow

A follow up title on Thomas Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan’


(5 stars)

A really interesting read, innovatively read and recorded by several readers - a good contrast good for the ears. I enjoyed it, THANK YOU.

a great audiobook


(5 stars)

I found the numerable amount of readers to be refreshing and highlighting the different subjects one must see through to tackle Rousseau's ideas


(5 stars)

very informative, look at the political situation and signaling in the media today and most of the negative affects written of a declining state are manifest

Awful recording


(1 stars)

A lot ot dead air frustrating. I am hoping to find another version on librivox.org or elsewhere.

it's great


(5 stars)

always good to read in historical texts, the similarities of today, restores sanity into my life