Montesquieu and His Legacy

Montesquieu (1689–1755) is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the Enlightenment. His Lettres persanes and L'Esprit des lois have been read by students and scholars throughout the last two centuries. While many have associated Montesquieu with the doctrine of the "separation...

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Main Author Kingston, Rebecca E
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Albany State University of New York Press 2008
Edition1
Subjects
18th century
Enlightenment
History of ideas
Montesquieu, Charles Louis
Morality
Political institutions
Political philosophy
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Separation of powers
State-society relations
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Montesquieu and His Legacy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Montesquieu Taught:"Perfection Does Not Concern Men or Things Universally" -- Part I. Morals and Manners in the Work of Montesquieu -- 2. Morals and Manners in Montesquieu's Analysis of the British System of Liberty -- 3. Honor, Interest, Virtue: The Affective Foundations of the Political in The Spirit of Laws -- 4. On the Proper Use of the Stick: The Spirit of Laws and the Chinese Empire -- 5. Montesquieu on Power: Beyond Checks and Balances -- Part II. Montesquieu's Legacy in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Political Thought -- 6. Montesquieu's Constitutional Legacies -- 7. Montesquieu's Humanité and Rousseau's Pitié -- 8. Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians: Liberty, Determinism, and the Prospects for Freedom -- 9. Montesquieu and the Scottish Enlightenment -- Part III. Montesquieu and Comparative Constitutional Law -- 10. Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Public Law -- 11. Free Speech and The Spirit of Laws in Canada and the United States: A Test of Montesquieu's Approach to Comparative Law -- 12. Montesquieu's Persian Letters: A Timely Classic -- 13. Montesquieu and Us -- 14. Montesquieu and the Future of Liberalism -- 15. Montesquieu and Liberalism: The Question of Pluralism -- About the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y