The shift
from circular to linearl time and concept of progress. The emergence
of comparative, holistic and structural analysis. The problem of political
liberty.
Macfarlane,
Riddle, chs. 2-4
Montesquieu, Persian Letters (1721: various editions)
Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, (1748: various editions), esp.
introduction and vol.I, book XI, XVII-XX
Robert Shackleton, Montesquieu. A Critical Biography (1961)
Judith Shklar, Montesquieu (1987) a short book
