Antiquity as the source of modernity
Subtitle: freedom and balance in the thought of Montesquieu and Burke
By: Thomas Chaimowicz ; with a foreword by Russell Kirk.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781412807715
Subjects: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, -- baron de, -- 1689-1755; Burke, Edmund, -- 1729-1797; State, The; Liberty; Balance of power
Work titles: Freiheit und Gleichgewicht im Denken Montesquieus und Burkes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Montesquieu's spiritual outlook and evaluation of forms of government; title: Monarchy as opposed to despotism; title: The concept of the mixed constitution and the separation of powers; title: Montesquieu's considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des romains et de leur ecadence; title: Heredity and freedom in Burke's mixed constitution; title: Ideal and reality.