Political Economy

Political Economy, which is the only contribution of Jean Jacques Rousseau, one of the most striking figures of the Enlightenment, to the "Encyclopedie" published to glorify and spread science and arts - apart from technical articles related to music - is the first text in which Rousseau elaborates his ideas in his great work, Social Contract.
Rousseau, who argues that science and arts corrupt people, that cities are the home of evil, and that savagery is superior to civilization, here includes the basic principles and institutions of a good social administration, such as the general will, the state that is its embodiment, the virtue required for the functioning of the state, and the education required for virtue to prevail. attempts to define. According to him, almost all duties in this and all other matters fall on the state. It is essential to make the "general will" dominant in everything: The first duty of the legislator is to adapt the laws to the general will, and the first duty of the administrator is to adapt the administration to the laws.

In this book, the reader will have the opportunity to meet first-hand the ideas that were put into effect with the Great French Revolution and became the common property of the world as the basis for all modern political systems.
(From the Introduction Article)



Number of Pages: 79

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Imge Bookstore

First Printing Year: 2005

Number of Pages: 79

Language Turkish