This book’s primary purpose is to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, a seminal book in classical liberal thought. Persian Letters is a delightfully rich, sympathetic satire of commercial society’s promise and discontents, covering a wide range of issues and themes that shaped the direction of liberal modernity. It consists of a series of letters largely written by two Persian travelers to Paris, who allow modern readers to view Parisian life from the perspe...

Chantal Mouffe est une figure majeure dans l’analyse du politique contemporain. Elle rejette les simplismes de l’économisme et de la lutte des classes comme seuls mécanismes déterminants dans les antagonismes au cœur de la société, et défend la nécessité d’une démocratie radicale et du pluralisme agonistique afin de permettre à tous les antagonismes de s’exprimer au sein de l’espace politique. L’objectif principal de cet ouvrage est d’ouvrir un espace de dialogue sur son œuvre, et en parti...

The notion of corruption as a problem for politics spans many centuries and political, social, and cultural contexts. But it is incredibly difficult to define what we mean when we describe a regime or actor as corrupt: while corruption suggests a falling away from purity, health, or integrity, it flourishes today in an environment that is often inarticulate about its moral ideals and wary of perfectionist discourse. Providing a historical perspective on the idea, Robert Alan Sparling explo...

The notion of corruption as a problem for politics spans many centuries and political, social, and cultural contexts. But it is incredibly difficult to define what we mean when we describe a regime or actor as corrupt: while corruption suggests a falling away from purity, health, or integrity, it flourishes today in an environment that is often inarticulate about its moral ideals and wary of perfectionist discourse. Providing a historical perspective on the idea, Robert Alan Sparling explo...