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The Body Politic

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Body Politic

By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.'In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its people.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales...Show more

Political science and theory

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9780241252017

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

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The Body Politic

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Paperback

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