Montesquieu and the Discovery of the Social

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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? Zusammenfassung 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? Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List 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

Product details

• Authors: B. Singer, Brian Singer
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349439706
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43970-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Sociology, Social Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Sociology, general, Social Philosophy, Political science and theory, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection