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Koncepcija društvenog ugovora J. J. Rousseaua
J. J. Roesseau's Conception of the Social Contract

Author(s): Zvonko Posavec
Subject(s): Politics, Political Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: J. J. Roesseau; Social Contract;

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes Rousseau’s social contract and demonstrates the inconsistency of his conception. Namely, in one place individuals make a contract mutually and thus constitute a political body; elsewhere individuals make a contract with the public as a group. According to the author, Rousseau in spite of his vaccination concerning the parties involved in the contract, never abandons the basis of his political thought which resides in the constant maintenance of the parties’ identity, through this the individual’s freedom is expressed; by defending it Rousseau becomes a founder of the modern era.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/1990
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 46-46
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian