1. INTRODUCTION 2. ROUSSEAU'S WRITINGS 3. ROUSSEAU'S SOURCES OF INFLUENCE 4. ROUSSEAU ON STATE AND GOVERNMENT 5. THE ORIGIN OF SOCIAL CONTRACT 6. CONTRADICTION IN ROUSSEAU'S PHILOSOPHY 7. ROUSSEAU AS A DEMOCRAT 8. NATURE OF ROUSSEAU'S SOVEREIGN 9. DEFINITION OF GENERAL WILL 10. SALIENT FEATURES OF GENERAL WILL 11. CRITICISM OF ROUSSEAU'S THEORY OF GENERAL WILL 12. ROUSSEAU- A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE 13. CONTRADICTIONS IN HIS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY