Montesquieu and the Discovery of the Social

BRIAN SINGER is a Professor at Glendon College York University, Canada. He has previously published Society, Theory and the French Revolution, has translated works by Claude-Levi Strauss and Jean Baudrillard, amongst others.

• Introduction The Question concerning Laws The Nature of the Three Regimes: Political Bonds The Spirit of the Three Regimes: Social Bonds Particular General Spirits: Exceptions and Contrasts Conclusion: Speaking of the Social