Author : Constantine Christos Vassiliou
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666913286
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)
Book Synopsis The Spirit of Montesquieu’s Persian Letters by : Constantine Christos Vassiliou
Download or read book The Spirit of Montesquieu’s Persian Letters written by Constantine Christos Vassiliou and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book’s primary purpose is to commemore the 300th anniversary of a seminal book in classical liberal thought. Montesquieu’s Persian Letters is a delightfully rich, sympathetic sattire 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 writted 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 whose classic commentaries have stood the test of time, and early career scholars who have recently unearthed new and exciting avenues for understanding this important hinge-figure in modern political thought.