Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men

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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that examines the development of human society and the origins of social and economic inequality.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
author Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
centralConcept moral inequality ⓘ
natural inequality ⓘ
claimsCauseOfInequality development of society ⓘ
emergence of laws ⓘ
establishment of government ⓘ
institution of private property ⓘ
commissioningBody Académie de Dijon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes civilization ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
dedicatedTo Republic of Geneva ⓘ
distinguishes moral or political inequality ⓘ
natural inequality ⓘ
genre moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Second Discourse ⓘ
hasPart first part ⓘ
preface ⓘ
second part ⓘ
influenced critical theory ⓘ
modern political philosophy ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
keyIdea humans are naturally good but corrupted by society ⓘ
inequality is not rooted in nature but in social institutions ⓘ
origin of political authority in social contracts ⓘ
language French ⓘ
originalTitle Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes ⓘ
philosophicalMovement Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition social contract theory ⓘ
precedes The Social Contract ⓘ
publicationYear 1755 ⓘ
subject economic inequality ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
inequality ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
origin of society ⓘ
political inequality ⓘ
property ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
state of nature ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed emergence of civil society ⓘ
pre-political state of nature ⓘ
writtenFor Academy of Dijon prize competition ⓘ

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