Montesquieu

W. Watts Miller is editor of Durkheimian Studies and author of Durkheim, Morals and Modernity.

• PrefaceÉmile Durkheim: Montesquieu's contribution to the establishment of political science (Quid Secundatus Politicae Scientiae Instituendae Contulerit)IntroductionChapter 1. The necessary conditions of the establishment of political scienceChapter 2. The extent to which Montesquieu assigned political science its own subject matterChapter 3. Montesquieu's classification of states and societiesChapter 4. The extent to which Montesquieu saw definite laws of the political worldChapter 5. On the method Montesquieu followedConclusionOn the Work of Taine (Sur L'Oeuvre de Taine)W. Watts Miller: Durkheim and MontesquieuNotesBibliography

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