Montesquieu and the Discovery of the Social

by Brian Singer

Overview

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?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137027702
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	01/31/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	665 KB

About the Author

BRIAN SINGER is a Professor at Glendon College York University, Canada. He has previously published Society, Theory and the French Revolution, has translated works by Claude-Levi Strauss and Jean Baudrillard, amongst others.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Question concerning Laws The Nature of the Three Regimes: Political Bonds The Spirit of the Three Regimes: Social Bonds Particular General Spirits: Exceptions and Contrasts Conclusion: Speaking of the Social