| Titre | Historicité de la république dans l'Esprit des Lois | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Patrice Courtois | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 94, 4e trimestre 1989 Dissonances dans la Révolution | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Dissonances dans la Révolution |
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| Page | 61-69 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Jean-Patrice Courtois, The Historicity of the Republic in The Spirit of the Laws
In Montesquieu's thought, sovereignty in democracy, one of the two forms of the republic, is theorized, and thus historicized, with the help of particular laws. Virtue itself helps reveal a certain social consistancy which contributes to the emergence of a determined type of government. Frugality is also an organizing principle which gives a specific sense to equality and regulates certain inequalities. In addition, political liberty is not strictly attached to a particular regime, even if the English government sees it as such. The French Revolution raises Montesquieu's questions, but it must be kept in mind that The Spirit of the Laws contains thinking about politics more than it does political thought. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1989_num_94_4_2446 |
