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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790898303321

Autore

Joly Maurice <1831-1878.>

Titolo

The dialogue in hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu : humanitarian despotism and the conditions of modern tyranny / / Maurice Joly ; translated, edited, and with commentary by John S. Waggoner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2003

ISBN

0-7391-5419-2

Edizione

[First paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Collana

Applications of political theory

Altri autori (Persone)

WaggonerJohn S. <1947->

Disciplina

320.9440903

Soggetti

Political ethics

France Politics and government 1852-1870

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE DIALOGUE IN HELL BETWEEN MACHIAVELLI AND MONTESQUIEU; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Translation; Title Page; Short Introductory Statement; Text of the Dialogue; First Part; Second Part; Third Part; Fourth Part; Commentary; Part I The Machiavelli-Montesquieu Debate; Chapter 1 The Essential Differencees between Machiavelli and Montesquieu; Chapter 2 An Elaboration of the Respective Political Teachings; Part II The New Machiavellian Founding; Chapter 3 The Political Revolution I; Chapter 4 The Political Revolution II; Chapter 5 The Economic Revolution

Chapter 6 The Moral RevolutionPart III The Saint-Simonian Elements in the New Modes and Orders; Chapter 7 The Saint-Simonian Historical Element; Chapter 8 The Saint-Simonian Religious Elements; Part IV The Drama of the Dialogue; Chapter 9 Joly and the Portrait of Machiavelli; Part V The Dialogue and History; Chapter 10 Solving the Enigma of Louis Napoleon; Chapter 11 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion; Appendix: Macaulay's Machiavelli; Selected Bibliography; Index to Dialogue in Hell; Index to Commentary; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

John Waggoner's superb translation of and commentary on Joly's Dialogue-the first faithful translation in English-seeks not only to update the sordid legacy of the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion but to redeem Joly's original work for serious study in its own right, rather



than through the lens of antisemitism. Waggoner's work vindicates a man who was neither an antisemite nor a supporter of the kind of tyrannical politics the Protocols subsequently served, and presents Maurice Joly, once much maligned and too long ignored, as one of the nineteenth century's foremost political thinkers.