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Dividere, distinguere. Alla radice della teoria del potere in Montesquieu
No full textThe theme of the division of powers lies at the heart of Montesquieu’s poli- tical reflection. This essay primarily aims to reconsider this principle in light of the notion that the author of the Spirit of Laws should be seen as an ‘atypical’ author of the Enlightenment. The whole phenomenology of power in Montesquieu is summed up in the belief that power is not only threatening but also inescapably expansive in character. Starting with some insights from Raymond Aron, the essay emphasizes how Montesquieu’s work aims to interpret and, to some extent, ‘order’ the whole complex reality of history from this elementary principle. In this respect, the principle of the division of powers constitutes not only a moment - however crucial - of his work, but a general criterion for interpreting human reality, in both its historical and social experience. Considering the classic comparison between Montesquieu and Rousseau on representation, a reinterpretation of the division of powers is examined at three levels of analysis: the institutional (the object of most scholarly interest), the social, and the anthropological. The essay also focuses on some relevant themes in the Esprit des lois such as the protection of freedom of expression in the concrete functioning of the judicial order and the moral and po- litical appraisal of slavery. Montesquieu’s work is also read in the context of some of his most significant interpreters: Aron, Pierre Manent, Judith Shklar, and Bernard Groethuysen. Finally, the essay shows that in the Esprit des Lois, especially in the sections devoted to the division of powers, we can see some of the roots of 20th century political philosophy, from Friedrich von Hayek to John Rawls
Montesquieu e Khomeini: una forma contemporanea del "dispotismo orientale"?
Full text linkL'articolo offre spunti di riflessione sul parallelo e sul confronto tra la forma di governo dispotica teorizzata da Montesquieu e la forma di governo rivoluzionaria affermatasi in Iran nel 1979 con l rivoluzione khomeinista
'L'ordine civile' di Gianni Baget Bozzo
No full textLa figura intellettuale di Gianni Baget Bozzo e la rivista 'Ordine civile' negli anni 1959-1960, all'epoca del governo Tambroni
Da Stendhal a Clausewitz, attraverso Aron: Girard pensatore politico?
Full text linkStarting with some considerations on the essential features of a work of political thought, the
paper considers two books by René Girard separated by almost half a century (Deceit, Desire
and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure and Battling to the End: Conversations with
Benoît Chantre). Of these important and very different works, actually the first and the last of
the French writer, the paper tries to offer a reading focused on political themes. Particular
attention is given to the interpretation of the classical On war by the Prussian officer Carl von
Clausewitz compared with the vast reconstruction of Clausewitz’s thought by Raymond Aron,
thirty years earlier in the political context of the Cold War. Girard’s reading of Clausewitz is
inspired instead by the 9/11 event: the last paragraph of the article focuses on the problems
originated by the rising of jihadist terrorism and Girard’sreflections on the relationship between
religion and violence, with regard to some peculiar aspects in Islamic texts and tradition
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