CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF THE “SOCIAL CONTRACT O
Chapter I
To begin with, we can say that Rousseau raises us in this first chapter, from birth, man has been free however he is also chained to what he refers to society, so he wants to make us understand that each person has rightsThat is why nobody can take it out. Also one of our rights we have since we were born that is freedom or, as Rousseau relates it, to our main order of the natural state.
Chapter II
In the second chapter, it raises in the first instance that from the beginning the first society we know as well as the oldest and most natural of all is the one in the family, so the children will be united with the parents for a while,since these are maintained by "survival", and then they grow and be of the elderly and have their own independence, however, it also mentions that if the children remain at home it is already of their own will. The author proposes a point of view where the father is the boss who exercises as an authority and the children being the people in this case society and these are needed between them for conservation, since these are judges of their own means totheir self-preservation for what they would be their own owners.
And, from an early time until we have an "legal" age, we need an authority figure to grow and exercise our criteria and knowledge that we reach the age where we can already maintain and survive with the knowledge acquired duringgrowth. Post as the author raises, we have always been surrounded by authority figure, and the first we see, in effect it is that of a father or a mother.
Chapter III
Likewise, as the author had previously mentioned, in this chapter he tells us about the right of the strongest, therefore, is related to the person who has power or rather leadership, Rousseau raises us in this chapter that it is not the mostStrong the one who has "the strength" to be able to have the leadership or as he calls it "Lord" however, such force that the Lord has, transforms it into obedience into a right without society realizing it so thatthe force in a duty. Therefore, it is reimplanted here that the law is not for those who are obeyed but that the right does and that simply the word "force" has no meaning or relation to the right. So the law of the jungle that they mention in the chapter is not applicable by the simple fact that the Lord is one who knows how to use both his physical powers in duty and law.
Chapter IV
This chapter Rousseau tells us about slavery, since he also mentions that there is no natural man who can have moral authority over others in such a way as the force did not cause the force not causes the force. But it should be noted, it is also mentioned that people have the right to admit or reject the government to be legitimate, but therefore the government would no longer be arbitrary, it mentions that when giving up the freedom we are born with, and in such a wayHe proposes that there are only two parts the absolute authority and an unlimited obedience, at this point he gives us an example to the war where the winner has the power to kill the loser, where he mentions the feudal due to the approach or pointIn view of its time, it has a system where war is a relationship from the State to State in order to take power or destroy the enemy state.
Now seeing this from a current point, the system has not changed much, but continues to be able to power other states. An example of this, if we take Mexico as a reference even though we have not entered war, the care always seeks to subsist for the country’s own interests, despite the fact that there has been crisis, such as pricing layoffs or increases, as well asthat taxes, the people or individual people lose their nature or their essence. Wars have evolved in a certain way, to both technological and economic power.
Chapter v
Likewise, with all what has already been explained, it gives us two perceptions where the Lord and his slaves is, as well as the boss and his village, and this is where we start analyzing and not only the author, why a people choosea king or a leader, where the agreement by votes is elected to the authority, in which a minority may be subjugated by obligation. So that the reason is considered that a town is a town.
Chapter VI
Now, at this point or chapter, the author begins to take from the part of society, why men join for the creation of the legal order, or rather the political body that we call today. Since an authority is sought to join what the author calls it "covenant", in short, the author wants us to ask us that they seek this order by joining and protecting their rights in a common good from every citizen. However, he mentions that although he joins to obey this, he is still free.
If we propose it from today, people are still joining so that the State receives contributions for public spending, and this benefits all the inhabitants, not only to one.
Chapter VII
In this chapter, the author already develops the legal entity or also said to the group of people who seek a benefit in common and these are led by a person who has confidence and fidelity to which they call "sober". Therefore, the sovereign has the purpose of making laws in which they can meet and have benefits for them and other people who were involved in their choice.
As a result, all these people work together to achieve the collective good and if, as the author mentions, there were people who opposed their responsibility or obligation the other members who agreed to force them to fulfill their obligations. Since he tells us that the members being in the "pact", these contribute to help between them and thus a society or country would be formed. As a consequence the sovereign who mentions us is the person who leads and guides the group to a path of help to each other for the people.
Post, if we see it from today, the country is formed, and the closest would be our colony, if we propose it from a nearby perspective the chiefs of colony seek that the colony have its services and this in good condition for all the inhabitantsof it.
Chapter VIII
From this chapter, Rousseau and tells us how the man leaves, what he called his natural side to acquire change or transformation to his new side that is marital status, which tells us that when he left the natural andAcquiring marital status gains justice and adapts to the morality of their life, this makes the person reflect on the actions no longer being “so animal” being more a rational man, who involves collective work, relating tomore people and not only in how only one.
In this part, it is interesting how Rousseau already raises the transformation of man, as "morality" is already part of him for the collective form in his work, and since being young they have instilled in us to be "sociable" with theOther people, as they tell us that we need to be interacting with people, that is, Rousseau tells us that more than a social relationship by having a social contract is having a sense of "property" and "possession", how to have freedommoral.
Chapter IX
In this chapter, Rousseau explains to us about the domain that people acquire or have on a property, and it raises the conditions that are needed to authorize the acquisition of some land, in such a way, the author tells us that it is needed not to beInhabited by anyone the land, that the occupation is only to subsist and necessary, and also that the possession is taken through work and culture, since there is a lack of legal titles, they had to be respected by the other person. But to all this, the large and private portions of people are questioned why. If every man has the right if he needs it, just as work is for equality for a common benefit.
As Rousseau raises his ideas from his perspective at his time, we can say that this despite the years has not changed much, however, now that is seen with material goods, people no longer seek a common good when acquiring a property, but to have more acquisition to survive a future or to be able to ensure the good of your family. However, as acquiring property at this time is no longer only to buy land but also involves other things such as tax payment, or that you need documentation endorsed before the authority that is yours that is yours. In spite.
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