French political thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville: liberty in a levelled society?

Annelien de Dijn argues that Montesquieu's aristocratic liberalism has had a continued impact on post-revolutionary France.

Highlighting the persistence of a pluralist liberalism that was rooted in the old regime, de Dijn provides a new context in which to read the works of Montesquieu and Alexis de Tocqueville.