Montesquieu and Rousseau - Jing

Author: (French) Emile Durkheim, translated by Li Luning and others
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This is the fifth volume of the Collected Works of Durkheim, focusing on political philosophy. The two key documents are Montesquieu and Rousseau, consisting of two parts: Montesquieu's Contribution to the Rise of Social Science and Rousseau's The Social Contract. In these two documents, Durkheim's arguments attempt to suggest that the origins of sociology should be traced back to Montesquieu and Rousseau's theories on "law." The second document, Socialism and Saint-Simon, is compiled based on Durkheim's lecture notes, with the central thesis being the fundamental differences between socialism and communism. These differences lead to fundamental distinctions in their origins, forms, social construction, and direction. This volume is indispensable for studying Durkheim's political philosophy. It provides a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Durkheim's thought by examining his interpretations of Rousseau's and Montesquieu's ideas and his critique of the theoretical foundations of socialism. Moreover, the translation quality of this book is very high.