العقد الاجتماعي عند جان جاك روسو

Abstract EN

Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778, through his theory of the social contract, wants to give an alternative to the corrupt political society and to the civilization and progress that established inequality between people: the rebuilding of a virtuous political society based on the social contract.

the aim of this research is to analyze the social organization, foundation, and philosophy on which civilization is based.

the method we used here is the comparative analytical method, where we analyzed Thomas Hobbes' theory and Rousseau’s theory of the social contract.

Hobbes wants to defend and establish an absolutist system of government, while Rousseau wants to establish a virtuous system of government based on freedom and consent and established by the social contract and that the general will is the one that will guide it later through the law resulting from it.