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The Social Contract

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A seminal work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that proposes the idea of a 'general will' and argues that government should exist to serve the collective will of the people, which is fundamental to the concept of the nation-state as a political entity derived from the people.

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Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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A seminal work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that proposes the idea of a 'general will' and argues that government should exist to serve the collective will of the people, which is fundamental to the concept of the nation-state as a political entity derived from the people.