Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's Persian Letters

by Diana J. Schaub Loyola University Marylan

Overview

It is no small compliment to say that Diana Schaub's study is worthy of its engrossing subject. With her guidance-deft, nuanced, and sometimes bold-we join Montesquieu on a wondrous journey of self-discovery. It is a memorable trip.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847680405
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/02/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Diana J. Schaub is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola College in Maryland.

What People are Saying About This

Janie Vanpee

A brief review cannot do justice to the wealth and subtlety of Schaub's detailed analyses of the novel . . . By being attentive to the literary form that Montesquieus chose to investigate sexual politics, Schaub has succeeded in reinstating the two Montesquieus, the novelist and the political philosopher....

Ralph Lerner

It is no small compliment to say that Diana Schaub's study is worthy of its engrossing subject. With her guidance-deft, nuanced, and sometimes bold-we join Montesquieu on a wondrous journey of self-discovery. It is a memorable trip.....

Editorial Reviews

A brief review cannot do justice to the wealth and subtlety of Schaub's detailed analyses of the novel. .. By being attentive to the literary form that Montesquieus chose to investigate sexual politics, Schaub has succeeded in reinstating the two Montesquieus, the novelist and the political philosopher.

Janie Vanpee

In an elegant work Diana Schaub claims the Persian Lettersfor political philosophy and connects it to liberalism today. With many revelations she brings to light the little games that Montesquieu plays with his readers, and she brings to life the matters of love that formal liberalism ignores. The book is no less delightful than serious.

Harvey C. Mansfield

Schaub offers scholars a new reading of Montesquieu's Persian Letters....Her interpretations are persuasively defended.

Choice Reviews

It is no small compliment to say that Diana Schaub's study is worthy of its engrossing subject. With her guidance-deft, nuanced, and sometimes bold-we join Montesquieu on a wondrous journey of self-discovery. It is a memorable trip.

Ralph Lerner

Schaub offers scholars a new reading of Montesquieu's Persian Letters....Her interpretations are persuasively defended.

Choice

Schaub offers scholars a new reading of Montesquieu's Persian Letters....Her interpretations are persuasively defended.

CHOICE

A brief review cannot do justice to the wealth and subtlety of Schaub's detailed analyses of the novel . . . By being attentive to the literary form that Montesquieus chose to investigate sexual politics, Schaub has succeeded in reinstating the two Montesquieus, the novelist and the political philosopher.--Janie Vanpee, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

It is no small compliment to say that Diana Schaub's study is worthy of its engrossing subject. With her guidance-deft, nuanced, and sometimes bold-we join Montesquieu on a wondrous journey of self-discovery. It is a memorable trip.--Ralph Lerner, University of Chicago

In an elegant work Diana Schaub claims the ^RPersian Letters^I for political philosophy and connects it to liberalism today. With many revelations she brings to light the little games that Montesquieu plays with his readers, and she brings to life the matters of love that formal liberalism ignores. The book is no less delightful than serious.--Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University

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