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Montesquieu

Charles de Montesquieu

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

The Spirit of the Laws is, without question, one of the central texts in the history of eighteenth-century thought, yet there has been no complete, scholarly English-language edition since that of Thomas Nugent, published in 1750. This lucid translation renders Montesquieu's problematic text newly accessible to a fresh generation of students, helping them to understand quite why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why The Spirit of the Laws was, for example, such an influence upon those who framed the American constitution. Fully annotated, this edition focuses attention upon Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than upon those opening passages towards which critical energies have traditionally been devoted, and a select bibliography and chronology are provided for those coming to Montesquieu's work for the first time.

Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws

Karl Marx

Reader in Politics Terrell Carver

A collection of Marx's important later writings translated and introduced by a leading Marx scholar.

Marx: Later Political Writings

John Stuart Mill

Three of Mill's classic texts, On Liberty, The Subjection of Women and the posthumous Chapters on Socialism are brought together in this edition.

J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

Immanuel Kant

Janet M. Goodwin

Donna M. Brinton

This edition includes two important texts illustrating Kants's view of history along with notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Kant: Political Writings

William (of Ockham)

William of Ockham

Guilelmus de Ockham

Guillaume (d'Occam)

William of Ockham Staff

The Short Discourse is a passionate but compelling statement of Ockham's position on the most fundamental political problem of the medieval period.

William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government

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