Montesquieu: His Contribution to the Establishment of Political Science

Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (1748) is one of the outstanding works of modern social thought. Durkheim's Latin thesis (1892) is not only one of the outstanding interpretations of that work, but also a seminal statement of his own ideas on society and on sociological method. It was the companion thesis to The Division of Labour and a forerunner of The Rules of Sociological Method.

This is the first English translation directly from the original Latin text, and also includes the original text, along with full editorial notes, a related article by Durkheim on Hyppolite Taine and a commentary on Durkheim and Montesquieu by W. Watts Miller.

Author: W. Watts Miller
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780952993605

About the Author
Miller, W. Watts: -

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