{"product_id":"9781411428799","title":"The Social Contract (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"\"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.\" With those words, quite possibly the most famous in all political thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau launches \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract. \u003c\/i\u003eIt is a work that loomed over the French Revolution, haunted subsequent generations, and stalks the twenty-first century. Composed in the autumn of the Old Regime, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e presents a radical new form of political community composed of free and equal citizens who collectively retain ultimate authority; today it remains the most compelling counter-model to modern representative liberal democracy. Complex and deeply unnerving, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e challenges its readers to rethink their understanding of freedom and servitude, the common good, and the very legitimacy of contemporary governments.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140816126192,"sku":"9781411428799","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411428799","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}