Political Theory Workshop with Megan Gallagher
Political Theory Workshop with Megan Gallagher DateOctober 17, 2014 Time4:00pm Location Bunche 4357 Contact Title: "In Excess: Emotional Regimes in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes"Presenter: Megan Gallagher Respondent: Anna-Elisabeth ScheidtAbstract: In this paper, I read Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes as an attempt to theorize a virtuous, republican alternative to despotic rule. As Montesquieu argues in the Esprit des lois, fear - specifically […]