Rousseau Rousseau clearly promotes a perfect utopian society in The Social Contract, which according to his theory would eliminate all societal problems and hints at Totalitarianism in a few passages from his Second Discourse. Although such a society would be wonderful, the ideas would never work in practice because of human wants and desires. He desperately attempts to lay down a form of government that eliminates any chance for the people to be victims. Rousseau …showed first 75 words of 1975 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1975 total…radical thinker for his time, and although he portrays his ideas as if they would create a perfect society, in reality human desire to better himself and his family would not allow such a utopian society exist. Works Cited Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract. Trans. Maurice Cranston. New York: Penguin Books, 1968. ---. The First and Second Discourses. Trans. Roger D. and Judith R. Masters. Ed. Roger D. Masters. New York: St. Martin’s, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**