This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau’s political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, and On Social Contract. Preface vii Translator's Note ix Rousseau's Political Writings 1(174) Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men 3(55) Discourse on Political Economy 58(26) On Social Contract or Principles of Political Right 84(91) Backgrounds 175(44) Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Biographical Sketch 177(5) From Rousseau's Confessions 182(9) Reactions to Rousseau 191(28) Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 191(4) David Hume 195(4) James Boswell and Samuel Johnson 199(4) Giacomo Casanova 203(1) Adam Smith 204(2) Thomas Paine 206(1) Immanuel Kant 207(1) Joseph de Maistre 208(3) John Adams 211(2) Benjamin Constant 213(2) Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 215(3) Leo Tolstoy 218(1) Commentaries 219(88) The Political Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 221(11) Jean Starobinski Liberty and Authority in On Social Contract 232(12) R. A. Leigh Rousseau & Equality 244(16) Robert Nisbet Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Equality 260(14) Judith N. Shklar Rousseau's Majoritarian Democracy 274(7) Robert Paul Wolff A Note on the Complete Abolition of Political Parties 281(11) Simone Weil Political Participation and the Creation of Res Publica 292(15) Benjamin R. Barber Bibliography 307(2) Index 309