Jean-Jacques Rousseau had a radical political agenda, radical for his time, the main idea of it was the democratic organization of public life through the "social contract". The idea that the state arises on the voluntary union, noted in his "Discourse on Inequality", described in more detail in the "political economy" and later the "social compact." In his works, Rousseau explores not only the origin and development of the state, but also the principles of public law, in other words - the basis of a legitimate state. Rousseau distinguishes natural and social inequality. Of course, he recognizes that nature Continue reading...
