M ontesquieu, C harles‐ L ouis de S econdat, B aron de
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23596367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Edgar Bauer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0491 |
| OpenAlex | W4240675360 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Charles‐Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689–1755) was a French political thinker and writer who anticipated sociology and cultural anthropology. His epistolary novel Lettres persanes [Persian letters] (1721) and his chief work De l'Esprit des loix [On the spirit of the laws] (1748) belong to the classic corpus of writings published during the Enlightenment. Mostly known for his theory of the separation of powers in the state, and his typology of governments opposing despotism, Montesquieu has been acknowledged as having initiated the “sociological revolution” in the humanities. Taken as a whole, Montesquieu's oeuvre seeks to theorize a new relationship between the universal imperatives of Reason and their concrete implementation through political and civil laws in a social world resistant to unmitigated rationality.
Enlightenment · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Sociology · Theology · Typology · Anthropology · European Political History Analysis · Historical and Literary Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |