• Montesquieu and the discovery of the social
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47261] Author: SingerBrian C. J., 1951-
    [NT 47353] Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: MontesquieuCharles de Secondat, 1689-1755.
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: New York
    [NT 47263] Published: Palgrave Macmillan;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: 2013
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource.
    [NT 47266] Subject: Social sciences. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Political science. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Law - Philosophy. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: State, The. -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137027702An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
    [NT 47265] Notes: Description based on print version record.
    [NT 51398] Summary: Montesquieu has often been considered the first social theorist. Today, when a number of authors have pronounced 'the end of the social', it is time to reconsider its beginnings. What did it mean to 'discover the social'? What did it allow one to say that could not previously be said? What sorts of epistemological moves were required in order for this discovery to become possible? This book responds to these questions with a wide-ranging, original interpretation of "The Spirit of the Laws". It demonstrates that Montesquieu provides several different senses and usages of the social, each of which builds on the others. The result is a 'divided concept' that challenges later, more simplistic understandings, and allows him to illuminate a number of the fractures central to our modernity. The last chapter brings the discussion forward, and asks what can be retrieved from Montesquieu in order to confront the present crisis of the social and its associated disciplines.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781137027702electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1137027703electronic bk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: 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.
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