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The Social Contract

essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The Social Contract is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,225 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau[3]
  • Publisher: Marc-Michel Rey[4]
  • Genre: political philosophy[5], essay[6]
  • Place of publication: Amsterdam[7]
  • Commons category: Du Contrat social (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)[8]
  • Language of work or name: French[9]
  • Country of origin: Netherlands[10]
  • Publication date: 1762[11]
  • Has edition or translation: The Social Contract[12], Q108757012[13], Q108757009[14], Q126686556[15], Q138634305[16], Q138662424[17], Q138850873[18]
  • Main subject: political philosophy[19], democracy[20]
  • Title: Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique[21]
  • Different from: The Social Contract[22]
  • Time period: Age of Enlightenment[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject: Highlighting the colombian public domain in Wikidata[24]
  • Copyright status: public domain[25]
  • P14541: 3WBA57[26]

Why It Matters

The Social Contract has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Netherlands public domain

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  21. [23] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  5. 19w ago · Mcampany · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → —
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    Publisher → Marc-Michel Rey
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