Probably yes. Could have sworn Rousseau was after Burke, although logically it makes sense, somebody had to mangle France first after all and then Burke could

Probably yes. Could have sworn Rousseau was after Burke, although logically it makes sense, somebody had to mangle France first after all and then Burke could write his book. > Or do you mean there are two social contract theories, one Burkean and one Hobbesian? I'm thinking Hobbes provided the template, and then there are Liberal (Rousseau) and Conservative (Burke) versions of the same contract depending on how you perceive it. > Any interpretation is even more complex by the feminist and race-conscious criticisms of the social contract: http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/ http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/ . Who is supposed to hear this dog whistle? There's quite enough overloading as it is!