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Montesquieu's Liberalism and the Problem of Universal Politics (Paperback)
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Montesquieu's Liberalism and the Problem of Universal Politics (Paperback)
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Dubbed 'the oracle' by no less an authority than James Madison,
Montesquieu stands as a theoretical founder of the liberal
political tradition. But equally central to his project was his
account of the relationship of law to each nation's particular
customs and place, a teaching that militates against universal
political solutions. This teaching has sometimes been thought to
stand in tension with his liberal constitutionalism. In this book,
Keegan Callanan argues that Montesquieu's political particularism
and liberalism are complementary and mutually reinforcing parts of
a coherent whole. In developing this argument, Callanan considers
Montesquieu's regime pluralism, psychological conception of
liberty, approach to political reform, and account of 'the customs
of a free people', including the complex interaction of religion
and commerce. Callanan concludes that, by re-orienting our
understanding of liberalism and redirecting our attention toward
liberty's distinctive preconditions, a return to Montesquieu's
political philosophy leaves us better prepared to confront liberal
democracy's contested claim to universality.
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