Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu

John S. Waggoner has taught at the Sorbonne, the American University of Paris, and the American University of Cairo.

Joly's Dialogue addresses perennial questions that are now more urgent than ever: What are the prospects for freedom? Is the liberal system universally applicable? Is despotism a benighted remnant of the past or can it develop into new forms? After a century and a half, Joly's thought —repressed, ignored, hijacked, and misunderstood —comes into light [and] his voice is still quite fresh. The bitter irony of the despotic abuse to which this book was put demands redress by renewed access to Joly's liberal, anti-despotic thought. John Waggoner has made this possible for English-speaking readers.

• Part 1 TranslationPart 2 Text of the DialogueChapter 3 Part OneChapter 4 Part TwoChapter 5 Part ThreeChapter 6 Part FourPart 7 CommentaryPart 8 The Machiavelli-Montesquieu DebateChapter 9 The Essential Differences Between Machiavelli and MontesquieuChapter 10 An Elaboration of the Respective Political TeachingsPart 11 The New Machiavellian FoundingChapter 12 The Political Revolution IChapter 13 The Political Revolution IIChapter 14 The Economic RevolutionChapter 15 The Moral RevolutionPart 16 The Saint-Simonian Elements in the New Modes and OrdersChapter 17 The Saint-Simonian Historical ElementChapter 18 The Saint-Simonian Religious ElementPart 19 The Drama of theDialogueChapter 20 The Portrait of MachiavelliPart 21 TheDialogue and HistoryChapter 22 Solving the Enigma of Louis NapoleonChapter 23 The Protocols of the Elders of ZionPart 24 Appendix: Macaulay's Machiavelli