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FRENCH STUDIES: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

FRENCH STUDIES: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY French Studies 151 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY By D. A. Desse rud , Associate Professor of Politics, University of New Brunswick at Saint John Mo nt esq uie u thought and intellectual relationships. Bertrand Binoche, Introduction a ‘De l’esprit des lois’ de Montesquieu, PUF, 1998,xi + 381 pp. B. provides an intelligent and detailed reading of M.’s EL, organized around two axes: one theoretical, one practical. The first consists of M.’s theories on government and society; the second his attempts to provide guarantees against despotism and in favour of liberty. Jean- Patrice Courtois, Inflexions de la rationalit´ e dans ‘L’Esprit des lois’: ´ ecriture et pense ´e chez Montesquieu, PUF, 320 pp., is a detailed examination of Book I of the EL, in which M.’s metaphysics is reconciled with the practical applications found in the remainder of the text. Christopher Sparks, Montesquieu’s Vision of Uncertainty and Modernity in Political Philosophy, Lewiston, Mellen, xlix + 239 pp., juxtaposes the post- modernist concept of uncertainty with M.’s social and political theory. While S. seems to spend more time discussing postmodern theory than he does M., he nevertheless provides some new and interesting readings. N. Vazsonyi, ‘Montesquieu, Friedrich Carl von Moser, and the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

FRENCH STUDIES: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Desserud, D. A.
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies , Volume 61 (1): 151 – Dec 20, 1999
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French Studies 151 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY By D. A. Desse rud , Associate Professor of Politics, University of New Brunswick at Saint John Mo nt esq uie u thought and intellectual relationships. Bertrand Binoche, Introduction a ‘De l’esprit des lois’ de Montesquieu, PUF, 1998,xi + 381 pp. B. provides an intelligent and detailed reading of M.’s EL, organized around two axes: one theoretical, one practical. The first consists of M.’s theories on government and society; the second his attempts to provide guarantees against despotism and in favour of liberty. Jean- Patrice Courtois, Inflexions de la rationalit´ e dans ‘L’Esprit des lois’: ´ ecriture et pense ´e chez Montesquieu, PUF, 320 pp., is a detailed examination of Book I of the EL, in which M.’s metaphysics is reconciled with the practical applications found in the remainder of the text. Christopher Sparks, Montesquieu’s Vision of Uncertainty and Modernity in Political Philosophy, Lewiston, Mellen, xlix + 239 pp., juxtaposes the post- modernist concept of uncertainty with M.’s social and political theory. While S. seems to spend more time discussing postmodern theory than he does M., he nevertheless provides some new and interesting readings. N. Vazsonyi, ‘Montesquieu, Friedrich Carl von Moser, and the

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