Major Works

• On the Social Contract

  - Recommended Translation: On the Social Contract, with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy; ed. by Roger D. Masters, trans by Judith R. Masters (New York and Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1978).  
  The democratic and revolutionary principles put forward in Rousseau’s Social Contract have made it one of the essential texts of political philosophy since its publication in 1762. With this work, Rousseau’s sought to determine how civil society… More

Commentary

• Aspects of Rousseau’s Political Thought

  - George Kateb, “Aspects of Rousseau’s Political Thought,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 4, (1961) pp.519-43.
  Excerpt: In a review of Sir Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty,  which appeared in The Times (London) Literary  Supplement,  the anonymous  writer  complained of the “slanders” that have  been lavished on the political philosophy… More