{"product_id":"the-political-philosophy-of-montaigne-9780801497414","title":"The Political Philosophy of Montaigne","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Lewis Schaefer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Philosophers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative book provides a comprehensive interpretation of Montaigne's \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e as a work of political philosophy. David Lewis Schaefer diverges from the prevailing view, which prizes the \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e as an example of authentic literary self-portrayal but holds that the book is not a coherent philosophical work. Arguing for Montaigne's significance as one of the philosophic architects of the intellectual revolution that generated the distinctive characteristics of modernity, Schaefer demonstrates the extent to which Montaigne was a systematic, radical, and political thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the 2018 second printing, the author has included a list of his most important publications on Montaigne since this book's original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615153438871,"sku":"9780801497414","price":5278.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801497414.webp?v=1775098402","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-political-philosophy-of-montaigne-9780801497414","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}