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Chains and Society Rousseau and Marx both address a notion of "chains" in society in their writings and have defined this notion to be very different sets of constraints.
is everywhere in chains, (Rousseau 55) and proceeds to argue that men need not be in chains. If a civil society, or state, could be based on a genuine social contract,
everywhere in chains, (Rousseau 55) and proceeds to argue that men need not be in chains. If a civil society, or state, could be based on a genuine social contract,
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Rousseau and Marx both address a notion of "chains" in society in their writings and have defined this notion to be very different sets of constraints. Rousseau concluded that the "chains" that restrict society is one in the form of laws. Marx, on the other hand, sees the "chains" to be that of a class struggle. This leaves us with many questions, ranging from the legitimacy of the chains on society and if society could exist without them. Taking both writers views of "chains" into view one can see that no matter how you try to rid society of them, they will always exist. In order to understand how it is possible for a society to function with them, we must first understand both authors' concepts of what the "chains" really are and all forms of them.
In The Social Contract, we are thrown right into Rousseau's notion of "chains" right from the start. "Man was born free and everywhere he is in chains," (Social Contract, I, 1; p. 49). But what are they and where do they come from? As you read further on in The Social Contract, you acquire a sense for this notion. "Chains", at least for Rousseau, are the constraints of the laws one is subjected to and there can either be legitimate or illegitimate constraints. So what type of "chains" is being referred to in the quote? Or better yet if man was born free how can he already be restrained?
In that famous line from Rousseau he sums up some of his deepest feelings about the society he is living in. "Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they," (Social Contract, I, 1; p. 49). Here he is claiming that everyone is a slave. This is regardless of your current class as well. Man is a slave for he is forced to follow a false sense of liberty, a sense that goes against the grain of the general will. Therefore every law that is made that follows this structure, is illegitimate for it follows private interests of one and not the general will of the...
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