| Titre | Descartes et Montesquieu : de l'objectivité de la nature à l'idée de système politique | |
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| Auteur | Etienne Géhin | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1973, 14-2 | |
| Page | 164-179 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Etienne Gehin : Descartes and Montesquieu : From the Objectivity of Nature to the Concept of Political System.
A sociology of 'superstructures' may wonder about the opposite fortunes of Descartes' and Montesquieu's works. For the former, the prestige of method, of principles, and of world order; for the latter, the half-obscurity of an incisive literature or of a political ideology. Such a consensus doesn't explain the reasons for fame or oblivion. But, if they are unveiled, it seems that cartesianism is the discourse of a society which blinds itself about its changes and whose ruling groups contribute to repress the growing fear. On the contrary, Montesquieu reveals himself to be a true innovator. Not only is his problematic an investigation of law and politics relations; but he also shows us how a complex ideological heritage and a specific social position have been able to create a perspective of intelligibility and a methodology full of anticipation. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1973_num_14_2_2197 |
