French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville

This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of one of the most important and enduring strands of modern political thought. Annelien de Dijn argues that Montesquieu''s aristocratic liberalism - his conviction that the preservation of freedom in a monarchy required the existence of an aristocratic ''corps intermédiaire'' - had a continued impact on post-revolutionary France. Revisioni...