Class 9 History Chapter 1 What did Rousseau preach.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a French philosopher and writer who lead a life rich in contradiction. ... In The Social Contract (1762) Rousseau argues that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people.
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He preached on having a social contract.
- Rousseau claimed that elected representatives could not decide on the broad will of the people.
- He was a firm believer in direct democracy, in which everyone casts a vote to express the public will and establish legislation and envisioned a small-scale democracy,
- He felt that citizens and the monarchy needed to have a social settlement.
- He has also written a book named The social contract in the same regard.
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