Montesquieu's vision of uncertainty and modernity in political philosophy
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Montesquieu's vision of uncertainty and modernity in political philosophy
（Studies in social and political theory, v. 21）
E. Mellen Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This text considers Montesquieu as a thinker within a broad historical, social and philosophical context. As such the text is both about Montesquieu and uses Montesquieu to consider a range of broader issues. In particular, the text focuses on questions of philosophical certainty and uncertainty and relates Montesquieu's work to historical, literary and social changes.
Table of Contents
- Uncertainty and identity - the enlightenment and its shadows
- Montesquieu the explorer and the "discovery" of uncertainty
- "Les Lettres persanes" - despotism and the erotics of uncertainty
- the uncertainty of authorship, the authorship of uncertainty
- the haunted government of uncertainty.
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