World history/WHME101/Enlightenment/Rousseau

Reading

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait)

Read the below article, from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What is The Social Contract?

• What is Rousseau's concept of 'the general will'?

• How important have Rousseau's theories been in the past 250 years?

The Saylor Foundation, 'Jean-Jacques Rousseau', March 2014.

Complete the below sentence on WEnotes.

• Rousseau's contribution to the Enlightenment ...

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