A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history’s greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a

Rousseau first exposes in Discourse on the Origin of Inequality his conception of a human state of nature, presented as a philosophical fiction and of human per

The Second Discourse examines man in the true "state of nature," prior to the formation of the first human societies

Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau sh

This book evaluates Rousseau's arguments concerning why inequality exists in society and why it poses dangers to human well-being.