LEADER 03868nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910781162003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-56925-2 010 $a9786612569258 010 $a1-4008-2451-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824519 035 $a(CKB)2550000000013647 035 $a(EBL)537668 035 $a(OCoLC)638860579 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000423427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306887 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10440515 035 $a(PQKB)10577661 035 $a(OCoLC)642205764 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36313 035 $a(DE-B1597)447020 035 $a(OCoLC)979881445 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537668 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386056 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256925 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537668 035 $a(PPN)265130042 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000013647 100 $a20070126d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMontaigne's politics$b[electronic resource] $eauthority and governance in the Essais /$fBiancamaria Fontana 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13122-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-201) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Spirit of the Laws -- $tChapter 2. In a Leaden Century: The Decline of Virtue -- $tChapter 3. Freedom of Conscience: The Politics of Toleration -- $tChapter 4. Freedom of Conscience: Governing Opinion -- $tChapter 5. Turning the Tide: Trust and Legitimacy -- $tChapter 6. Learning from Experience: Politics as Practice -- $tConclusion: Montaigne's Legacy -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMichel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure--the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, and apolitical Essais. But, as Biancamaria Fontana argues in Montaigne's Politics, a novel, vivid account of the political meaning of the Essais in the context of Montaigne's life and times, his retirement from the Bordeaux parliament in 1570 "could be said to have marked the beginning, rather than the end, of his public career." He later served as mayor of Bordeaux and advisor to King Henry of Navarre, and, as Fontana argues, Montaigne's Essais very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics--particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. Fontana shows that the Essais, although written as a record of Montaigne's personal experiences, do nothing less than set forth the first major critique of France's ancien régime, anticipating the main themes of Enlightenment writers such as Voltaire and Diderot. Challenging the views that Montaigne was politically aloof or evasive, or that he was a conservative skeptic and supporter of absolute monarchy, Fontana explores many of the central political issues in Montaigne's work--the reform of legal institutions, the prospects of religious toleration, the role of public opinion, and the legitimacy of political regimes. 606 $aPHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern$2bisacsh 615 7$aPHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern. 676 $a844/.3 700 $aFontana$b Biancamaria$0126617 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781162003321 996 $aMontaigne's politics$93683281 997 $aUNINA