Vickie B Sullivan: 1 book
Montesquieu and the Despotic Ideas of Europe
An Interpretation of "The Spirit of the Laws"
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Montesquieu is rightly famous as a tireless critic of despotism, which he associates in his writings overtly with Asia and the Middle East and not with the apparently more moderate Western models of governance found throughout Europe. However, a careful reading of Montesquieu reveals that he recognizes...
