The Spirit of Montesquieu's Persian Letters
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 2023
1 pages
978-1-9787-8672-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book's primary purpose is to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Montesquieu's Persian Letters, a seminal book in classical liberal thought. Persian Letters is a delightfully rich, sympathetic satire of commercial society's promise and discontents, covering a wide range of issues and themes that shaped the direction of liberal modernity. It consists of a series of letters largely written by two Persian travelers to Paris, who allow modern readers to view Parisian life from the perspective of an outsider. The volume includes contributions from prominent scholars of Montesquieu's and early career scholars who have recently unearthed new and exciting avenues for understanding this important hinge-figure in modern political thought.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-8672-1 (9781978786721)
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Constantine Christos Vassiliou | Jeffrey Church | Alin Fumurescu
The Spirit of Montesquieu's Persian Letters
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Persons
Jeffrey Church is professor of political science at the University of Houston.
Alin Fumurescu is associate professor of political science at the University of Houston.
Constantine Vassiliou is visiting assistant professor in political science at the University of Houston.
Alin Fumurescu is associate professor of political science at the University of Houston.
Constantine Vassiliou is visiting assistant professor in political science at the University of Houston.
Content
Foreword, Helena Rosenblatt
Acknowledgments
PART I: The Persian Letters in the History of Political Theory
Chapter 1. Philosophizing the Passions: The Seraglio as Laboratory in the Persian Letters Céline Spector
Chapter 2. Conflict in the Persian Letters, Pauline Kra
Chapter 3. Persian Letters in Time: Adhesive Past: Bright, Unstable Present: Divergent, Fragile Futures, Michael Mosher
PART II: The Persian Letters on Nature and Convention in Politics
Chapter 4. Pitfalls of Abstract Ideals: Usbek on the Law of Nations, Andrea Radasanu
Chapter 5. Faces of Monarchy in West and East and the Limits of Traditional Jurisprudence: Montesquieu in Dialogue with Bodin in the Persian Letters, Rebecca Kingston
Chapter 6. The Struggle for Recognition and the Economy of Esteem in and out of the Seraglio, Robert Sparling
PART III: The Persian Letters on Commercial Society
Chapter 7. The Plague of High Finance in Montesquieu's Persian Letters, Emily Nacol and Constantine Christos Vassiliou
Chapter 8. The Political
Acknowledgments
PART I: The Persian Letters in the History of Political Theory
Chapter 1. Philosophizing the Passions: The Seraglio as Laboratory in the Persian Letters Céline Spector
Chapter 2. Conflict in the Persian Letters, Pauline Kra
Chapter 3. Persian Letters in Time: Adhesive Past: Bright, Unstable Present: Divergent, Fragile Futures, Michael Mosher
PART II: The Persian Letters on Nature and Convention in Politics
Chapter 4. Pitfalls of Abstract Ideals: Usbek on the Law of Nations, Andrea Radasanu
Chapter 5. Faces of Monarchy in West and East and the Limits of Traditional Jurisprudence: Montesquieu in Dialogue with Bodin in the Persian Letters, Rebecca Kingston
Chapter 6. The Struggle for Recognition and the Economy of Esteem in and out of the Seraglio, Robert Sparling
PART III: The Persian Letters on Commercial Society
Chapter 7. The Plague of High Finance in Montesquieu's Persian Letters, Emily Nacol and Constantine Christos Vassiliou
Chapter 8. The Political
