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Research Of Rousseau's Equality

Posted on:2012-12-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z H TianFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166330332498288Subject:Political Theory
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Jean ? Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French enlightenment, one of the most outstanding representatives of the great thinkers, writers, educators and philosopher, he is a pioneer of French revolution thought. In the 17th century Britain with free for benchmarking, the 18th century France to equality as banner. Rousseau as equal the equality for the French revolution thought is the theoretical foundation, is the core of his political thought and basic starting point, which is its social contract theory and the people's sovereignty theory mainline. It points out that the human social inequality problem revealed the irrationality of feudal autocracy for bourgeois political, the establishment of the legal system provides theory basis. In the French social progress and bourgeois ideology system development road, Rousseau thought occupy the important historical position.This article first investigated Rousseau equality produce era background and main contents in the social aspects, think of the bourgeoisie and the contradiction of the forces of the feudal rule in ideological field, deepen the development of the enlightenment, and with the development of mercantilists prompted the individual subjectivity and autonomy of germination and Rousseau's humble origins and life experience, Rousseau's background equal ideas are presented. Rousseau main contents of equality of equality, including natural state of social status inequalities and ideal egalitarian society, and puts forward the personal freedom is Rousseau equality characteristics.Article the second part of the paper for the realization of the discourse put forward two equal, namely, social contract theory path with the people's sovereignty theory. Rousseau describes the social contract is free, it can take all combined power to safeguard against the common and safeguard every combination of personal and wealth, who and because this a combination allows each and all join together in the personal and just, and obey their can still as usual free. People in social contract concluded, each with its own all the rights of all was transferred to the collective, therefore, the contract for all conditions and are equivalent. Rousseau thinks that equality is the social contract prerequisite. In order to ensure equal, Rousseau discusses the theory of people's sovereignty. He says the country is based on people's free will and the social contract on the basis of the state is the consent of the governed according to the highest power, so countries that sovereignty should belong to all the people, the people exercise state sovereignty is called the people's sovereignty. The use of the people's sovereignty is unanimous, completely absolutely, totally sacred, completely inviolable. Rousseau's laws and government principle is to ensure the people's sovereign authority. The people's sovereignty theories are the ultimate aim is to realize the equality of human beings, free.The third part of the article expounds mainly the equality Rousseau of bourgeois revolution and its Rousseau equality limitations.
Keywords/Search Tags:equality, freedom, socia1 contract, sovereignty of people
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