Montesquieu S Political Economy

Author : Andrew Scott Bibby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137477224

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Montesquieu’s Political Economy by Andrew Scott Bibby Pdf

This book provides an introductory survey of Montesquieu's economic ideas and a fresh examination of the longstanding controversy over the meaning and purpose of Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws. No one doubts that Montesquieu helped to formulate the core liberal ideals at the heart of the development of liberal republican traditions on both the European and American continents. Yet, questions remain about Montesquieu's political intentions. In particular, the view of Montesquieu as a conscious proponent of commercial modernity has come under increasing scrutiny. While not ignoring recent scholarly challenges, Bibby moves the debate forward by uncovering the many hidden connections between commerce, liberty, and religion in The Spirit of the Laws. A failure to make these connections, Bibby argues, has led to significant interpretative errors. This book attempts to eliminate one source of the confusion which continues to cloud Montesquieu's political philosophy in obscurity.

Author : Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742511812

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Montesquieu's Science of Politics by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu Pdf

In what constitutes the only English-language collection of essays ever dedicated to the analysis of Montesquieu's contributions to political science, the contributors review some of the most vexing controversies that have arisen in the interpretation of Montesquieu's thought. By paying careful attention to the historical, political, and philosophical contexts of Montesquieu's ideas, the contributors provide fresh readings of The Spirit of Laws, clarify the goals and ambitions of its author, and point out the pertinence of his thinking to the problems of our world today.

Author : Frank Thomas Herbert Fletcher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035834873

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Montesquieu and English Politics (1750-1800) by Frank Thomas Herbert Fletcher Pdf

Author : Melvyn Richter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1977-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521211565

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The Politcal Theory of Montesquieu by Melvyn Richter Pdf

This volume makes available in an English translation the most significant part of Montesquieu's political, social and legal theory. About two-thirds of the volume has been translated from the Spirit of the Laws, not redone in English since the eighteenth century. That version was notoriously inadequate: Montesquieu's key terms were not rendered consistently; often his meaning was distorted by giving the nearest English eighteenth-century legal or institutional equivalent. Finally, English usage has changed so much that the eighteenth-century translation makes Montesquieu seem both quaint and obscure. This volume also includes substantial selections from the Persian Letters and the Considerations on the Causes of the Romans; Greatness and Decline. Although adequate translations of these works exist, it seemed advisable to maintain intellectual and stylistic consistency by providing English versions on the same principles as the Spirit of the Laws.

Author : Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Jurisprudence
ISBN : UIUC:30112111571060

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The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu Pdf

Author : Brian Singer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137027702

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Montesquieu and the Discovery of the Social by Brian Singer Pdf

Montesquieu is often considered the first social thinker. Today, when 'the end of the social' has been proclaimed, it is time to reconsider its beginnings. In a wide-ranging, original interpretation of The Spirit of the Laws, this book explores what did it mean to 'discover the social', and what can it mean to recover the social today?

Author : Huysseune Michel
Publisher : EMIL
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788866802952

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Political Theory and Social Customs: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Volney, and Constant by Huysseune Michel Pdf

Political Theory and Social Customs: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Volney, and Constant provides novel insights on how these authors’ reflections on social customs influenced their contributions to political theory. Through his journey to Italy, Montesquieu developed a theoretical model on social customs and their relation to political systems. In the Constitutional Project for Corsica, Rousseau inserted his discussion of Corsican mores within an analysis of the power dynamics between centre and periphery. Volney’s evaluations of customs in the Middle East and the United States show how the French revolution impacted his conceptualization of politics and cultural difference. Constant based his political theory on the different societal mores of the ancients and the moderns.

Author : P. Jordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1006179198

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Montesquieu by P. Jordan Pdf

Author : Vincenzo Ferrone
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857289704

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The Politics of Enlightenment by Vincenzo Ferrone Pdf

Written by one of Italy's leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume 'Science of Legislation' in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.

Author : Joshua Bandoch
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781580469029

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The Politics of Place by Joshua Bandoch Pdf

A critical reexamination of Montesquieu's political science, revealing the primacy of place in the development of the best political order.

Author : Dugald Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Economics
ISBN : NYPL:33433010781338

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Lectures on Political Economy by Dugald Stewart Pdf

Author : Ulrich Adam
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3039102788

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The Political Economy of J.H.G. Justi by Ulrich Adam Pdf

This study provides a first comprehensive introduction to the political and economic thought of Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (1717-1771). While previous scholarship saw Justi as quintessentially a German thinker, this analysis argues that his thought was a by-product of the broader European intellectual discourse on the political implications of modern trade. Writing between the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession (1748) and the end of the Seven Years War (1763) - when competition among European powers was sharply on the increase - Justi's aim was to create modern commercial monarchies in the larger states of the Holy Roman Empire that could equal the military strength, political standing and economic performance of England and France. Shedding fresh light on Justi's tortuous biography and complex oeuvre this study unveils the critical impact that French thinkers such as Fénelon, Saint-Pierre, d'Argenson and Montesquieu exerted on Justi's ideas and demonstrates that his economic thought was part and parcel of an innovative and comprehensive political reform plan for the entire European state system.

Author : Louis Althusser
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789602876

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Politics and History by Louis Althusser Pdf

In the first two essays of this book, Louis Althusser analyses the work of two of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Montesquieu and Rousseau. He shows that although they made considerable advances towards establishing a science of politics, particularly in comparison with the theorists of natural law, they nevertheless remained the victims of the ideologies of their day and class. Montesquieu accepted as given the political notions current in French absolutism; Rousseau attempted to impose by moral conversion an already outdated mode of production. The third essay examines Marx's relationship to Hegel and elaborates on the discussions of this theme in Althusser's earlier books, For Marx and Lenin and Philosophy. Althusser argues that Marx was able to establish a theory of historical materialism and the possibility of a Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism not simply by turning his back on Hegel, but by extracting and converting certain categories from Hegel's Logic and applying them to English political economy and French socialist political theory.

Author : Raf Geenens,Helena Rosenblatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139505505

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French Liberalism from Montesquieu to the Present Day by Raf Geenens,Helena Rosenblatt Pdf

There is an enduring assumption that the French have never been and will never be liberal. As with all clichés, this contains a grain of truth, but it also overlooks an important school of thought that has been a constant presence in French intellectual and political culture for nearly three centuries: French political liberalism. In this collaborative volume, a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists and intellectual historians uncover this unjustly neglected tradition. The chapters examine the nature and distinctiveness of French liberalism, providing a comprehensive treatment of major themes including French liberalism's relationship with republicanism, Protestantism, utilitarianism and the human rights tradition. Individual chapters are devoted to Montesquieu, Tocqueville, Aron, Lefort and Gauchet, as well as to some lesser known, yet important thinkers, including several political economists and French-style 'neoliberals'. French Liberalism from Montesquieu to the Present Day is essential reading for all those interested in the history of political thought.

Author : Rolando Minuti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319774565

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Studies on Montesquieu - Mapping Political Diversity by Rolando Minuti Pdf

This volume studies a fundamental element of Montesquieu’s argumentative architecture that is most apparent in his De l’Esprit des Lois: the problem of giving order to, and establishing a network of consistent explanations of political, social and cultural diversity. Following a thorough and careful analysis of his writings, the volume approaches this subject by observing the use of the information sources available to Montesquieu, the relationships between them, and the judgments he expresses. The book examines some of Montesquieu’s essential theoretical contributions, such as the idea of despotism, and the connection between politics, society and religion, on the basis of his reflections on the variety of mainly non-European societies and cultures. It demonstrates a number of possible inconsistencies and unresolved questions in Montesquieu’s argumentation. One of the main subjects of the book is the consideration of geographical context as an essential element for elaborating uniform criteria of political analysis. The book collects contributions concerning Montesquieu’s reflections on China, Tartary, Japan, India, America, Russia, and the Islamic world, and, building on this earlier research, it shows the importance of Montesquieu’s thought and explains the reason for his longstanding influence.