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Answer: Social contract has several crucial caracteristics: 1) emerge when the religious justification or interpretation of social order is exhausted/in crisis (Europe 17th century), consequently it is of profane or secular character 2) social contract theory is derived (always) from certain concept of human nature (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau)....for ex. in Hobbes "homo homini lupus" (human nature) requires absolute monarchy, 3) supposes that social institutions or organization of these institutions determine the quality of social order, 4) society is compared to a machine (mechanistic metaphor of society).
Explanation: psychologically speaking, in 17th and 18th century or in 19th century (Marx) there is still no concept of unconscious and unconscious aspect of human nature. When concept of "unconscious" appears, things will change significantly because discovery of unconscious point at irrational aspect of human nature. In contrast to Enlightenment, after Freud there is not so strong convinction about rational basis of human nature/society.
The following year it adopted a resolution for independence on July 2, 1776, and two days later approved the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson drafted the declaration, and John Adams was a leader in the debates in favor of its adoption
Interesting document.
It was issued by the German Foreign office (January 1917) proposing that Mexico should align itself with Germany in the even America enter the war. Germany was pleading for an alliance that would keep America busy dealing with an attack from the south. Fortunately it didn't work.
