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The Particulars of a Universal Politics: Hegel's Adaptation of Montesquieu's Typology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Michael A. Mosher
Michael A. Mosher*
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University of Washington
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Abstract

This article explores both the influence that Montesquieu's typology of regimes exerted on Hegel's thought and Hegel's ultimate rejection of Montesquieu's monarchical order, especially its cult of honor, as a plausible candidate for containing and expressing the citizen's “claims for private judgment, private willing, and private caprice.” Can Hegel provide a substitute model of a polity, neither republican nor despotic, which corrects the particularism of Montesquieu's monarchical society? Marx did not think so. His criticism of Hegel exactly parallels Hegel's criticism of Montesquieu. Hegel's dilemma may be expressed in more contemporary terms as the difficulty in reconciling the goals of “neutrality” and “communicative competence.” The latter reflects the concerns of Montesquieu's moral geography, whereas the former reflects the rather different preoccupations of the social contract tradition.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 179 - 188
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1984

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