Montesquieu and His Legacy
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Montesquieu and His Legacy

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Montesquieu and His Legacy

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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 of powers" in the history of ideas, Rebecca E. Kingston brings together leading international scholars who for the first time present a systematic treatment and discussion of the significance of his ideas more generally for the development of Western political theory and institutions. In particular, Montesquieu and His Legacy supplements the conventional focus on the institutional teachings of Montesquieu with attention to the theme of morals and manners. The contributors provide commentary on the broad legacy of Montesquieu's thought in past times as well as for the contemporary era.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780791477434
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political History & Theory
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Montesquieu and His Legacy
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. What Montesquieu Taught:“Perfection Does Not Concern Men or Things Universally”
  6. Part I. Morals and Manners in the Work of Montesquieu
  7. 2. Morals and Manners in Montesquieu’s Analysis of the British System of Liberty
  8. 3. Honor, Interest, Virtue: The Affective Foundations of the Political in The Spirit of Laws
  9. 4. On the Proper Use of the Stick: The Spirit of Laws and the Chinese Empire
  10. 5. Montesquieu on Power: Beyond Checks and Balances
  11. Part II. Montesquieu’s Legacy in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
  12. 6. Montesquieu’s Constitutional Legacies
  13. 7. Montesquieu’s HumanitĂ© and Rousseau’s PitiĂ©
  14. 8. Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians: Liberty, Determinism, and the Prospects for Freedom
  15. 9. Montesquieu and the Scottish Enlightenment
  16. Part III. Montesquieu and Comparative Constitutional Law
  17. 10. Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Public Law
  18. 11. Free Speech and The Spirit of Laws in Canada and the United States: A Test of Montesquieu’s Approach to Comparative Law
  19. 12. Montesquieu’s Persian Letters: A Timely Classic
  20. 13. Montesquieu and Us
  21. 14. Montesquieu and the Future of Liberalism
  22. 15. Montesquieu and Liberalism: The Question of Pluralism
  23. About the Contributors
  24. Index