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Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In The Social Contract, Rousseau boldly presents his vision of political justice, advocating for the foundation, organization, and administration of a truly just and legitimate state. With his signature audacity, he makes a compelling case for direct democracy, while condemning all other forms of government as illegitimate and akin to slavery. Celebrated as a revolutionary text that played a pivotal role in igniting the French Revolution, this work not only fuels discontent with existing governments but also inspires readers to imagine and strive for a radically different political and social order. (Summary by Eric Jonas) This show includes AI-generated content.

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85 episodi

  1. Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind-Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2:43:04
  2. Southern Horrors Lynch Law In All Its Phases-Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1:07:49
  3. Prejudices, First Series-H. L. Mencken 7:00:53
  4. Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092-Various 7:05:27
  5. Woman and War-Olive Schreiner 51:53
  6. On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus-Rudolf Virchow 1:37:57
  7. Untimely Papers-Randolph Silliman Bourne 5:05:52
  8. From Metternich to Bismarck A Textbook of European History-Lionel Cecil Jane 9:44:17
  9. Treaty with China-Mark Twain 46:50
  10. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1906-Various 2:48:19
  11. Rights Of Man-Thomas Paine 9:36:20
  12. War of Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization-George F. Dillon 7:30:11
  13. Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable-Josephine Pollard 3:39:07
  14. History of the United States, Vol. IV The West and Jacksonian Democracy-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard 3:15:28
  15. Facts of Reconstruction-John R. Lynch 8:07:10
  16. Crisis A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 4-W. E. B. Du Bois 2:24:31
  17. History of the United States, Vol. VI-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard 4:37:01
  18. Events of 1848, Especially in Their Relation to Great Britain-Richard Monckton Milnes 2:00:14
  19. I.W.W. - Its History, Structure, and Method-Vincent St. John 1:22:50
  20. On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus-Rudolf Virchow 1:37:57
  21. History of the United States, Vol. VI-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard 4:37:01
  22. From Metternich to Bismarck A Textbook of European History-Lionel Cecil Jane 9:44:17
  23. Psychology the Motive Powers-James McCosh 9:17:18
  24. Capital and Interest-Frédéric Bastiat 1:27:00
  25. Your United States Impressions Of A First Visit-Arnold Bennett 5:28:59
  26. Frailty and Hypocrisy (Figaro Trilogy #3)-Pierre Beaumarchais 2:07:39
  27. H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor-W. S. Gilbert 1:02:53
  28. War of Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization-George F. Dillon 7:30:11
  29. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 3-Richard Hooker 2:42:10
  30. Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam-Omar Khayyám 2:37:24
  31. Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind-Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2:45:49
  32. Slave Narratives a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume V, Indiana Narratives-Various 6:56:54
  33. Deportation Cases of 1919-1920-Constantine Panunzio 3:37:11
  34. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)-Henry David Thoreau 1:02:43
  35. Treaty with China-Mark Twain 46:50
  36. Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI-Various 2:36:31
  37. Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy-John Stuart Mill 5:29:07
  38. 048 - 09-Conclusion 1:07
  39. 047 - 08-Civil Religion 22:34
  40. 046 - 07-The Censorship 3:48
  41. 045 - 06-The Dictatorship 6:07
  42. 044 - 05-The Tribuneship 4:07
  43. 043 - 04-The Roman Comitia 21:52
  44. 042 - 03-Elections 4:32
  45. 041 - 02-Voting 6:21
  46. 040 - 01-That the General Will is indestructible 4:55
  47. 039 - 18-Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government 4:34
  48. 038 - 17-The Institution of the Government 2:45
  49. 037 - 16-That the Institution of the Government is not a contract 2:52
  50. 036 - 15-Deputies or Representatives 7:37